slack

CEFRC1

/slæk/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Loose and not tight; not busy or active.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A dip in a surface.

Examples

  • It is important that no one is allowed to slack off on their assigned work.

  • We tend to slack off after many hours of hard work.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. In particular, a shallow dell or hollow; a dip in the surface of terrain, such as between hills.

  2. The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.

  3. A low-lying marsh or a pool, especially a tidal or intermittent one which periodically fills and drains.

More examples

In context

  • the slack of a rope or of a sail

  • take in the slack

  • a slack rope

Synonyms

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

Before starting the climb, the mountaineer pulled the rope to remove the blank and make it taut.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English slak, from Old English slæc (“slack”), from Proto-Germanic *slakaz. For sense of coal dust, compare slag.