Slack - Definition

adj 1: not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and
grey"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack
rope" [syn: loose, slack]
2: flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide;
"slack water"
3: lacking in rigor or strictness; "such lax and slipshod ways
are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes"; "slack
in maintaining discipline" [syn: lax, slack]
n 1: dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and
coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over
a sieve
2: 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" [syn:
slump, slack, drop-off, falloff, falling off]
3: a stretch of water without current or movement; "suddenly
they were in a slack and the water was motionless" [syn:
slack, slack water]
4: a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot [syn:
mire, quagmire, quag, morass, slack]
5: the quality of being loose (not taut); "he hadn't counted on
the slackness of the rope" [syn: slack, slackness]
6: a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely; "he took up
the slack"
v 1: avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
2: be inattentive to, or neglect; "He slacks his attention"
3: release tension on; "slack the rope"
4: make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got
tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now" [syn: slack,
slacken, slack up, relax]
5: become slow or slower; "Production slowed" [syn: slow,
slow down, slow up, slack, slacken]
6: make less active or intense [syn: slake, abate, slack]
7: become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The
rain let up after a few hours" [syn: abate, let up,
slack off, slack, die away]
8: cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack
lime" [syn: slack, slake]