Dictionary Entry
slack
slack is a 5-letter English word with 27 senses as noun, adverb, adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Small coal; also, coal dust; culm. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 27 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.
- 2noun
A valley, or small, shallow dell.
- 3superlative
Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack rope.
- 4superlative
Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand.
- 5superlative
Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service.
- 6superlative
Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as, business is slack.
- 7adverb
Slackly; as, slack dried hops.
- 8noun
The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or of a sail.
- 9adjective
Alt. of Slacken
- 10transitive verb
Alt. of Slacken
- 11noun
a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely
"he took up the slack"
- 12noun
the quality of being loose (not taut)
"he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope"
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- 13noun
a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
- 14noun
a stretch of water without current or movement
"suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless"
- 15noun
a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
"the team went into a slump"
"a gradual slack in output"
- 16noun
dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
- 17verb
cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water
"slack lime"
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- 18verb
become less in amount or intensity
"The storm abated"
"The rain let up after a few hours"
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- 19verb
make less active or intense
- 20verb
become slow or slower
"Production slowed"
- 21verb
make less active or fast
"He slackened his pace as he got tired"
"Don't relax your efforts now"
- 22verb
release tension on
"slack the rope"
- 23verb
be inattentive to, or neglect
"He slacks his attention"
- 24verb
avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
- 25adjective
lacking in rigor or strictness
"such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"
"lax in attending classes"
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- 26adjective
flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide
"slack water"
- 27adjective
not tense or taut
"the old man's skin hung loose and grey"
"slack and wrinkled skin"
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