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Definitions for Slacker

[1] a person who evades his or her duty or work; shirker.
[2] a person who evades military service.
[3] an especially educated young person who is antimaterialistic, purposeless, apathetic, and usually works in a dead-end job.
[4] not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope.
[5] negligent; careless; remiss: slack proofreading.
[6] slow, sluggish, or indolent: He is slack in answering letters.
[7] not active or busy; dull; not brisk: the slack season in an industry.
[8] moving very slowly, as the tide, wind, or water.
[9] weak; lax.
[10] Nautical . easy(def 15a) .
[11] in a slack manner.
[12] a slack condition or part.
[13] the part of a rope, sail, or the like, that hangs loose, without strain upon it.
[14] a decrease in activity, as in business or work: a sudden slack in output.
[15] a period of decreased activity.
[16] Geography . a cessation in a strong flow, as of a current at its turn.
[17] a depression between hills, in a hillside, or in the land surface.
[18] Prosody . (in sprung rhythm) the unaccented syllable or syllables.
[19] British Dialect . a morass; marshy ground; a hollow or dell with soft, wet ground at the bottom.
[20] to be remiss in respect to (some matter, duty, right, etc.); shirk; leave undone: He slacked the most important part.
[21] to make or allow to become less active, vigorous, intense, etc.; relax (efforts, labor, speed, etc.); lessen; moderate (often followed by up ).
[22] to make loose, or less tense or taut, as a rope; loosen (often followed by off or out ).
[23] to slake (lime).
[24] to be remiss; shirk one's duty or part.
[25] to become less active, vigorous, rapid, etc. (often followed by up ): Business is slacking up.
[26] to become less tense or taut, as a rope; to ease off.
[27] to become slaked, as lime.
[28] a person who evades work or duty; shirker
[29] informal an educated young adult characterized by cynicism and apathy (as modifier ) slacker culture
[30] not tight, tense, or taut
[31] negligent or careless
[32] (esp of water, etc) moving slowly
[33] (of trade, etc) not busy
[34] phonetics another term for lax (def. 4)
[35] in a slack manner
[36] a part of a rope, etc, that is slack take in the slack
[37] a period of decreased activity
[38] a patch of water without current a slackening of a current
[39] prosody (in sprung rhythm) the unstressed syllable or syllables
[40] to neglect (one's duty, etc)
[41] (often foll by off) to loosen; to make slack
[42] chem a less common word for slake (def. 3)
[43] small pieces of coal with a high ash content

Words related to Slacker

quitter, slouch, goldbrick, loafer, idler, bum, deadbeat, good-for-nothing, goof-off, avoider

Words nearby Slacker

slack water, slack-baked, slack-jawed, slack-key, slacken, slacker, slacks, slacktivism, slag, slag cement, slag down

Origin of Slacker

1before 900; Middle English slac (adj.), Old English sleac, slæc; cognate with Old Norse slakr, Old High German slach, Latin laxus lax

Other words from Slacker

slack·ing·ly , adverb
slack·ly , adverb
slack·ness , noun
un·slacked , adjective
un·slack·ing , adjective

Word origin for Slacker

C15: probably from Middle Low German slecke; related to Dutch slak, German Schlacke dross

Synonyms for Slacker

bum, deadbeat, goldbrick, good-for-nothing, goof-off, idler, loafer, quitter, slouch, avoider