SLACKEST | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Slack

Speech Type: Adjective

Etymology:

Old English slæc ‘inclined to be lazy, unhurried’, of Germanic origin; related to Latin laxus ‘loose’

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: slak
Dialects: British English
Definition:

not taut or held tightly in position; loose

Short Definition:

not taut or held tightly in position

Examples:
  • a slack rope
  • her mouth went slack
Definition:

(of business or trade) characterized by a lack of work or activity; quiet

Short Definition:

(of business or trade) characterized by lack of work or activity

Examples:
  • business was rather slack
Definition:

having or showing laziness or negligence

Short Definition:

having or showing laziness or negligence

Examples:
  • slack accounting procedures
Definition:

lewd

Short Definition:

lewd

Examples:
  • the veteran king of slack chat
Definition:

(of a tide) neither ebbing nor flowing

Short Definition:

(of tide) neither ebbing nor flowing

Examples:
  • soon the water will become slack, and the tide will turn
  • slack tides

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