Definizione monolingua

slack

slack (third-person singular simple present slacks, present participle slacking, simple past and past participle slacked)

1. (followed by “off”) to procrastinate; to be lazy
2. (followed by “off”) to refuse or dislike exerting effort

slack (countable and uncountable; plural slacks)

1. (uncountable) Small coal; coal dust.
2. (countable) A valley, or small, shallow dell.
3. (uncountable) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.

   The slack of a rope or of a sail.

4. (countable) A tidal marsh or shallow, that periodically fills and drains.

slack (comparative slacker, superlative slackest)

1. Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended.

   a slack rope

2. Weak; not holding fast.

   a slack hand

3. Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager.

   slack in duty or service

4. Not violent, rapid, or pressing.

   Business is slack.

slack (not comparable)

1. Slackly.

   slack dried hops

Definizione dizionario slack

allentato

debole

fiacco

floscio

lasciare

lasco

lentezza

lento

morto

negligente

pigro

rallentare

rilassamento

sciolto

trascurato

Altri significati:

(uncountable) Small coal; coal dust.

to refuse or dislike exterting effort

(followed by “off”) to procrastinate; to be lazy

(countable) A tidal marsh or shallow, that periodically fills and drains.

(countable) A valley, or small, shallow dell.

(uncountable) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.

weak

Weak; not holding fast.

not tense

small coal, coal dust

to procrastinate

tidal marsh or periodically filling shallow

(market) weakness

(followed by “off”) to refuse or dislike exerting effort

Not violent, rapid, or pressing.

Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager.

Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended.

Slackly.