Slack
41slack — [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… …
42Slack — This interesting surname has two origins; firstly, it may be of Old Norse origin, from a topographical name for someone who lived in a shallow valley, deriving from the Northern Middle English slack , a development of the Old Norse slakki , or it …
43slack — 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… …
44slack — The amount of free play in a chain or belt: too much slack could cause the chain/belt to slip and jump the sprockets; too little slack (the chain seems tight) causes excessive wear on the final drive system. Also see belt slack …
45slack — Synonyms and related words: Laodicean, Micawberish, Olympian, Paphian, abandon, abate, abatement, abeyant, aloof, ambling, anemic, apathetic, asthenic, backward, bagging, baggy, bate, beat up, bedraggled, behindhand, benumbed, blah, blase,… …
46Slack — 1. unkind, cruel, unfair: Don t be slack, he can t help being tall ; 2. lazy: Why don t you ever visit, you slack bastard? …
47slack — 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) …
48slack — [OE] In common with Dutch and Swedish slak, slack comes from a prehistoric Germanic *slakaz. This was derived from the same ultimate source that produced Latin laxus ‘loose’ (source of English lax, relax, release, and relish) and languēre… …
49slack — 1) n See cut a little slack 2) adj Caribbean immoral, particularly in a sexual context. This use of the word is archaic in Britain (although it was probably the origin of slag) but survives in Jamaica talk . The spurned wife of Tessa Sanderson s… …
50slack — adj 1. loose, not tight, not taut, not rigid or firm, lax, hanging, drooping, droopy, bagging, baggy, sagging, saggy, flapping, Inf. floppy; limp, Dial. limpsy, flabby, flaccid; relaxed, flexible, pliant. 2. remiss, negligent, neglectful,… …
