Slack (noun)
Small coal; coal dust.
Slack (noun)
A valley, or small, shallow dell.
Slack (noun)
The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
“the slack of a rope or of a sail”
Slack (noun)
A tidal marsh or shallow, that periodically fills and drains.
Slack (adjective)
Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended.
“a slack rope”
Slack (adjective)
Weak; not holding fast.
“a slack hand”
Slack (adjective)
Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
“slack in duty or service”
Slack (adjective)
Not violent, rapid, or pressing.
“Business is slack.”
Slack (adjective)
vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music
Slack (adverb)
Slackly.
“slack dried hops”
Slack (verb)
To slacken.
Slack (verb)
To mitigate; to reduce the strength of.
Slack (verb)
to procrastinate; to be lazy
Slack (verb)
to refuse to exert effort
Slack (verb)
To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.
“Lime slacks.”
Lack (noun)
A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy.
Lack (noun)
A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want.
Lack (verb)
To be without, to need, to require.
“My life lacks excitement.”
Lack (verb)
To be short (of or for something).
“He’ll never lack for company while he’s got all that money.”
Lack (verb)
To be in want.
Lack (verb)
To see the deficiency in (someone or something); to find fault with, to malign, reproach.
Slack (adjective)
not taut or held tightly in position; loose
“a slack rope”
“her mouth went slack”
Slack (adjective)
(of business or trade) characterized by a lack of work or activity; quiet
“business was rather slack”
Slack (adjective)
slow or sluggish
“they were working at a slack pace”
Slack (adjective)
having or showing laziness or negligence
“slack accounting procedures”
Slack (adjective)
lewd
“the veteran king of slack chat”
Slack (adjective)
having many sexual encounters or relationships (typically used of a woman).
Slack (adjective)
(of a tide) neither ebbing nor flowing
“soon the water will become slack, and the tide will turn”
“slack tides”
Slack (noun)
the part of a rope or line which is not held taut; the loose or unused part
“I picked up the rod and wound in the slack”
Slack (noun)
casual trousers
“he put on a grey shirt and loose cotton slacks”
Slack (noun)
a spell of inactivity or laziness
“he slept deeply, refreshed by a little slack in the daily routine”
Slack (noun)
coal dust or small pieces of coal
“the fire was stoked with a mixture of slack and cement”
Slack (verb)
loosen (something, especially a rope)
“slacking the outhaul allows you to adjust the sail”
Slack (verb)
decrease or reduce in intensity, quantity, or speed
“the horse slacked his pace”
“the flow of blood slacked off”
Slack (verb)
work slowly or lazily
“she ticked off her girls if they were slacking”
Slack (verb)
slake (lime)
“150 sacks of lime were slacked by the inrushing water”