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21slack — 1 adjective 1 not taking enough care or making enough effort to do things right: Tollitt blundered with a slack header towards the goalkeeper. | The report criticized airport security as disgracefully slack . 2 with less business activity than… …
22slack — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English slak, from Old English sleac; akin to Old High German slah slack, Latin laxus slack, loose, languēre to languish, Greek lagnos lustful and perhaps to Greek lēgein to stop Date: before 12th century 1. not… …
23slack — 1. adjective 1) the rope went slack Syn: loose, limp, hanging, flexible Ant: tight, taut 2) slack skin Syn: flaccid, flabby, loose …
24slack rope — noun : a loosely stretched rope used by some ropewalkers and acrobats compare tightrope * * * slack rope noun A loosely stretched rope for a funambulist • • • Main Entry: ↑slack …
25slack — 1. noun /slæk/ a) Small coal; coal dust. The slack of a rope or of a sail. b) A valley, or small, shallow dell. Syn: culm, slough 2 …
26slack — [slæk] adj I 1) loose and not pulled tight The rope suddenly went slack.[/ex] 2) not taking enough care to make sure that something is done well slack safety standards[/ex] 3) not as busy or successful as usual in business II verb [I] slack… …
27slack — {{11}}slack (adj.) O.E. slæc loose, careless (in reference to personal conduct), from P.Gmc. *slakas (Cf. O.S. slak, O.N. slakr, O.H.G. slah slack, M.Du. lac fault, lack ), from PIE root * (s)leg to be slack (see LAX (Cf. lax)). Sense of …
28slack — slack1 adjective 1》 not taut or held tightly in position; loose. 2》 (of business or trade) not busy; quiet. 3》 careless, lazy, or negligent. 4》 W. Indian lewd or promiscuous. 5》 (of a tide) neither ebbing nor flowing. noun 1》 the part of a rope… …
29slack — n. part that hangs loose to take up the slack (of a rope) * * * [slæk] [ part that hangs loose ] to take up the slack (of a rope) …
30slack — 1. adjective 1) the rope went slack Syn: limp, loose 2) slack skin Syn: sagging, flabby, flaccid, loose, saggy 3) business is slack Syn …
