slack

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And if you do manage to slack off?

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Definitions17

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Quick take

dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of slack gathered in one view.

noun

dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve

noun

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"

noun

a stretch of water without current or movement; "suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for slack.

noun

dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve

noun

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"

noun

a stretch of water without current or movement; "suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless"

noun

a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

noun

the quality of being loose (not taut); "he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope"

noun

a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely; "he took up the slack"

verb

avoid responsibilities and work, be idle

verb

be inattentive to, or neglect; "He slacks his attention"

verb

release tension on; "slack the rope"

verb

make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"

verb

become slow or slower; "Production slowed"

verb

make less active or intense

verb

become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"

verb

cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime"

adjective

not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and grey"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope"

adjective

flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide; "slack water"

adjective

lacking in rigor or strictness; "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes"; "slack in maintaining discipline"

Example sentences

And if you do manage to slack off?

That being said, I'm not saying, "this is a hard problem, cut Facebook some slack.

Lets cut him some slack for being awesome.--\nfrom wikipedia

All it takes is one zero-day, and you will all be hit by one in your career, so cut Linode a little slack.

I still slack off sometimes, but I won't fall into my old perfectionist way of thinking that I'm a failure.

She was almost dropped from her record label until Akon picked up the slack and was able to do something with her.

They lean towards occasional blog posts and Google IO presentation videos to pick up the slack.

It's also considered polite to cut people waiting for an ambulance to arrive to take them to the hospital a little slack.

And so I think users cut it some slack, they realize they are in a 'new' place and learn how to do the things that they want to do in the way that this gui does them.

Users are being asked to cut the database some slack for less than competent engineering choices but users just want a database to work.

So why would you slack off and waste time?Maybe you didn't leave the 6-figure job solely to "swing for the fences", but also because you wanted a different lifestyle?

Please, avoid the cognitive dissonance if you fail to live up to this unrealistic idealism, and give yourself just a modicum of slack.

Cut the guy some slack, it doesn't sound like he is in a position to make necessary changes, such as making the banks liable for their own crappy security procedures.