slack
/slæk/ adjective C1- Lax; not tense; not firmly extended. · a slack rope
- Weak; not holding fast. · a slack hand
- Moderately warm. · a slack oven
- Moderate in speed. · a slack wind
- Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager. · slack in duty or service
- Not active or busy, successful, or violent. · Business is slack.· the slack period following the main tourist season
- Excess; surplus to requirements. · the slack capacity of an oil pipeline
- Vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music.
Comparative slacker · Superlative slackest
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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They were paying a pound a day each—fourteen pounds a week, and this is the slack season.
“He said that we were slack about such matters—that it would be easy for a traitor to get the plans.”
“I was going to say that my practice could get along very well for a day or two, since it is the slackest time in the year.”
Other matches
- slack The part of anything that hangs loose, having n... C1
- slack To slacken. C1
- slack A temporary speed restriction where track maint... C2
- slack A valley, or small, shallow dell C2
- slack Small coal C2
- slack Slackly. C2
- slack off To be deliberately unproductive in one's work o...
- slack up To become slack
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