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Definitions for Slacks

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

Words related to Slacks

abate, decrease, diminish, dodge, dwindle, ease, flag, idle, lax, lessen, loose, moderate, neglect, reduce, relax, release, shirk, taper, tire, wane

Words nearby Slacks

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

Origin of Slacks

21400–50; late Middle English sleck < Middle Dutch slacke, slecke

Other words from Slacks

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

Word origin for Slacks

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

Synonyms for Slacks

abate, decrease, diminish, dodge, drop off, dwindle, ease, ease off, featherbed, flag, goldbrick, goof off, idle, lax, lay back, lessen, let up, lie down on job, loose, moderate, neglect, reduce, relax, release, shirk, slack off, slow down, taper, tire, untighten, wane