noun
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The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
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take in the slack
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A tidal marsh or shallow that periodically fills and drains.
adjective
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(normally said of a rope) Lax; not tense; not firmly extended.
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a slack rope
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Weak; not holding fast.
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a slack hand
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Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
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slack in duty or service
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Not active,successful, or violent.
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Business is slack.
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Excess; surplus to requirements.
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the slack capacity of an oil pipeline
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Vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music.
adverb
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Slackly.
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slack dried hops
Examples of slack in a Sentence
Sarah, please, cut me some slack here.
We were alerted only by the feel of the screwdriver's slack penetration.
He smiled at Sarah who was staring, slack jawed.
Jackson stared at her, slack jawed.
Those about him said that he became extraordinarily slack and physically feeble during his stay in that town.
The ease with which he had subdued the realm misled him; he fancied that the slack resistance, which was mainly due to the incapacity and unpopularity of Baliol, implied the indifference of the Scots to the idea ol annexation.
Do not use full throttle until all slack is removed.
Slack water navigation has been secured on the Allegheny by locks and dams (1890 and 1896 sqq.) at an expense up to July 1909 of $1,658,804; and up to that time $263,625 had been spent for open-channel work.
You are not far above the ground and with slack rope and spring - a collision with the uneven rocky floor is not unlikely.
Slack off the pressure or have the poor man visit a head-guy.
They can go slack then come under tension without warning.
Pillar working, in the whole coal, is generally reputed to give a more advantageous proportion of round coal to slack, the latter being more abundantly produced on the removal of the pillars, but as these form only a small portion of the whole seam, the general yield is more advantageous than in the former method.
In the thick coal workings in South Staffordshire the slack left behind in the sides of work is especially liable to fire from so-called spontaneous combustion, due to the rapid oxidization that is set up when finely divided coal is brought in contact with air.
A slack worker in the field is particularly worrisome for informal market operations.
The wire being paid out without slack measures the actual distance and speed over the ground, and the engineer in charge is relieved of all anxiety in estimating the depth from the scattered soundings of the preliminary survey, or in calculating the retarding strain required to produce the specified slack, since the brakesman merely has to follow the indications of the instrument and regulate the strain so as to keep the pointer at the figure required - an easy task, seeing that the ratio of speed of wire and cable is not affected by the motion of the ship, whatever be the state of the sea, whereas the will I',/ OW= o a ' 30 30 ao.
He would perhaps have placed alder branches over the narrow holes in the ice, which were four or five rods apart and an equal distance from the shore, and having fastened the end of the line to a stick to prevent its being pulled through, have passed the slack line over a twig of the alder, a foot or more above the ice, and tied a dry oak leaf to it, which, being pulled down, would show when he had a bite.
Fragment - " Trapped " I realize my blogging 's been a little slack of late.
Breathing will become difficult as nerves become unresponsive and the jaw may hang slack.
These are tough times and they would much rather cut customers a little slack with lower fees and reasonable payments plan than push people into bankruptcy and end up with the grand goose egg.
If the co-parent starts to slack off on the rules you agreed upon, bring it up as soon as you find out.
Most of the sushi instructions contain four or five steps, so you can't slack!
Try filling your plate with veggies, but don't deny yourself a little bit of slack; have a small piece of cake or desert.
Even if you are lucky enough to have a job, you may find that you're stressed out because you are now picking up all the slack; you are doing your job, plus the job of a co-worker.
Loosen them at the headstock with the tuning pegs until they are slack enough to unravel by hand.
Tighten the string so that is no longer slack, but do not over tighten!
Don't worry about pitch yet, just adjust the strings so they are not loose and slack.
Will the Steelers become over-confident and let their defense run slack?
And when I say loosely, I mean the rope has so much slack on it, you wished Christian Slater, Tara Reid and Stephen Dorff were hanging on it and falling into a pit of 'I should have passed on this project' hell.
During an attack of cataplexy, the person's knees buckle and the neck muscles go slack.
Symptoms of juvenile and adult onset DM include facial weakness and a slack jaw, drooping eyelids called ptosis, and muscle wasting in the forearms and calves.
Symptoms of myotonic dystrophy include facial weakness and a slack jaw, drooping eyelids (ptosis), and muscle wasting in the forearms and calves.
Too much fat makes a thin or "slack" roux and the extra fat will end up rising to the top of your sauce, making it look greasy.
The feet and hips have prescribed movements, but the arms and legs have to follow the feet movements with as much slack in the movements as possible.
Flat irons can help tame frizz while curling irons can pick up the slack from lazy waves.
You need healthy, varied food; vitamins merely pick up the slack.
This means you have to cut her some slack and realize that she too lacks some clarity and wisdom, which is only gained through life experience.
Luckily, Aries isn't the type of man to shy away if you happen to become a bit slack in your appearance from time to time, but don't make that a regular habit.
NewKidsClothes.Com carries boys clothing which includes multiple-piece outfits such as short and pant sets, swimwear, and dressy vest and slack sets.
For example, if your kidneys aren't doing their job, then your liver picks up the slack.
The biggest benefit lies in the motivational boost, as it is hard to slack discreetly when everybody's doing the same thing.
Fortunately, Weston Sr. is a hands-on daddy, who picks up the slack while Whitney adjusts to life as a teen mom.
He tended to slack off and sleep while the others would go out in search of food and water.
She is also active in keeping the books and picks up the slack wherever is needed.
Scott was frequently spending nights out, drinking to excess and generally leaving Kourtney to pick up all the slack with the baby.
Remember that disciplined use will yield the best results; in other words, try not to slack off on a religious skin care routine!
Ensure that the helmet's chin strap is comfortable and secure, without any slack when it is fastened.
God Quinn cut him some slack!
He had no idea if he possessed the strength to stop his fall once the loosened slack had expired.
Kris! Form up with us. Rhyn's slow on his left. Pick up his slack.
Look, maybe we'd better slack off for a while, Ethel— what do you think?