English | German | Russian | Czech
Englishfor English speakers
Englishas a second language

slack English

Meaning slack meaning

What does slack mean?
Definitions in simple English

slack Adjective

— If something is slack, it hangs loose and is not held tight. Bring the boats closer together so that the rope between them becomes slack.

slack Verb

— To slack is to be lazy and avoid doing work. Once he stopped slacking on his homework his grades improved.

slack

— adjective (= loose) not tense or taut the old man's skin hung loose and grey slack and wrinkled skin slack sails a slack rope — verb cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water slack lime — verb (= slacken, relax) make less active or fast He slackened his pace as he got tired Don't relax your efforts now — noun dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve — noun a stretch of water without current or movement suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless — noun a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely he took up the slack — noun (= slackness) the quality of being loose (not taut) he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope — verb avoid responsibilities and work, be idle — verb be inattentive to, or neglect He slacks his attention — verb release tension on slack the rope — adjective flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide slack water — adjective (= lax) lacking in rigor or strictness such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable lax in attending classes slack in maintaining discipline — noun (= slump, drop-off, falloff) a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality the team went into a slump a gradual slack in output a drop-off in attendance a falloff in quality — verb (= slake) make less active or intense — verb (= abate, let up) become less in amount or intensity The storm abated The rain let up after a few hours — verb (= slow) become slow or slower Production slowed — noun (= mire) a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

Synonyms slack synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as slack?

slack English » English

loose lax sluggish slow slake slacken looseness lazy weak slackness loosen listless limp languid inert flaccid loaf idle flabby careless abate slow down slothful relaxed relax morass laxity dull culm baggy soft-boiled soft smooth slump slow up slovenly sloppy slackening slack water slack up slack off shirk sag relaxation quiet quagmire quag play nerveless negligent

Topics slack topics

What do people use slack to talk about?
Physical actions Arrange

Tie

Conjugation slack conjugation

How do you conjugate slack?

slack · verb

Examples slack examples

How do I use slack in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Why don't you cut Tom some slack?
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
I think you should cut Tom some slack.
Tom didn't cut Mary any slack.
Cut Tom some slack.

Movie subtitles

Slack away below!
Give her more slack.
Yield slack!
Don't let him have slack!
Slack that off a little.
You sent for me, sir? - This ship is getting slack, Mr. Gerard. It's taking you longer every day to clear for action.
Give me a little slack, will you?
Right, slack away your breast lines.
Take up the slack.
The Caine's a slack ship.
Slack off your winch!
Slack off!
All right, give me some slack.
Give it a little slack.
I'm Van Slack, the Asst. District Attorney.
Please, Mr. Van Slack.
Mr. Charles. Mr. Van Slack's in your room, waiting for you.
Hello, Mr. Van Slack.
Slack up at this next curve. Stop her just this side of that clump of trees around the bend.
Slack away your true lines!
Don't let him have slack! - Easy!
When is your slack season?
This ship is getting slack, Mr. Gerard.
And give me a little more slack this time.
Even if he doesn't listen, or even if he acts proud or says things too bluntly, cut him some slack and always stay by his side.
Buy, don't be slack l'll pay your fare back Come have a peek It's all Paris chic!
Give us a little more slack here.!
Take up that slack in the rope.
Gimme some slack.
Slack.
Give me some slack.
I said give me some slack!
Takeo has decided to quit the life, give him some slack.

News and current affairs

Should this change, the ECB will have to raise rates even if Europe's economic growth remains slack.
Demand growth at a pace that in any previous decade would have been seen as highly satisfactory is suddenly desperately insufficient, and Bush is being blamed (with some justice) for the slack labor market that has resulted.
Both countries recognize that if they refuse to sell America oil, other countries (Russia and Mexico) will take up the slack.
No other country is capable of picking up the slack if America's economy remains soft.
Right now, incomes are slack, households have become crowded, and there is a surplus of housing on the market - all because nominal demand is still far below trend.
The Cubans, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans will not cut Funes any slack, either, believing that history is on their side, and that now is the time to force every issue in sight.
All of these choices helped return slack to energy markets.
If the US and Europe are too neglectful to do their part, the emerging economies can and will pick up part of the slack.
With lower spending and higher savings in the advanced economies, key emerging markets must take up the slack and start providing the demand needed to power the global recovery.
Is it possible that the cash-rich corporate sector will more than make up for the slack by increasing investment?
Seventh, monetization of fiscal deficits is not inflationary in the short run, whereas slack product and labor markets imply massive deflationary forces.
An opportunist uses the slack to feather his own nest rather than help the leader or the public.
A carefully paced program could add enough to aggregate demand to pick up the slack in the economy, and reverse deflation, setting into motion a virtuous cycle.
Where wives and daughters now refuse to drop everything to prepare lunch for the man of the house, the maid takes up the slack.
If the US were to play a relatively smaller role in world affairs, and no other system was created to pick up the slack, these values could be at risk.
Meanwhile, the tradable side is not large enough in competitive terms to take up the slack in growth and employment.
America may be recognizing its limits, but no new system has emerged to take up the slack.
If employment growth in the non-tradable sector - dominated by government and health care - falters, the tradable sector will have to take up the slack.
No US state provides affordable daycare, early education, and after-school programs that take up the caregiving slack.
Eventually (once the slack in goods and labor markets is reduced), this would push inflation expectations - and yield curves - higher.
Perhaps the country lending activities of the World Bank should be almost completely eliminated, with the private sector, and the regional development banks such as the Asian Development Bank and Inter-American Development Bank, picking up the slack.
Slack labor markets with rising unemployment rates will cap wage and labor costs.
Inflation will soon be the last problem that central banks will fear, as renewed slack in goods, labor, real estate, and commodity markets feeds disinflationary pressures.
Among the other candidates, who will pick up this slack?

Are you looking for...?

slack-jawed | slackwire | slacktip | slacks | slackpack | slackness | slackly | slackline | slackish | slacking | slackful | slack ice
Wordcyclopedia Gutes Wörterbuch Толстый словарь Dobrý slovník
Sources WordNet, Open Multilingual Wordnet, Wiktionary, Dbnary, Panlex, FreeLing, Tatoeba, OpenSubtitles.org, Project Syndicate, OPUS, Kelly Project, SIL Semantic Domains
Contact info@wordcyclopedia.com
Creative Commons BY-SA