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| slacks | |
| 1. n. (dated) (pluralonly) Semi-formal trousers that are less formal than those part of a suit but suitable for wearing in most offices and therefore nowadays no longer considered casual trousers. (Takes a |  |
| 2. n. plural of slack | |
| slack | |
| 1. n. Small coal; coal dust. | |
| 2. n. A valley, or small, shallow dell. | |
| 3. n. The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it. | |
| the slack of a rope or of a sail | |
| 4. n. A tidal marsh or shallow, that periodically fills and drains. | |
| 5. adj. Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended. | |
| a slack rope | |
| 6. adj. Weak; not holding fast. | |
| a slack hand | |
| 7. adj. Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager. | |
| slack in duty or service | |
| 8. adj. Not violent, rapid, or pressing. | |
| Business is slack. | |
| 9. adj. (slang) vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music | |
| 10. adv. Slackly. | |
| slack dried hops | |
| 11. v. To slacken. | |
| 12. v. (obsolete) To mitigate; to reduce the strength of. | |
| 13. v. (followed by “off”) to procrastinate; to be lazy | |
| 14. v. (followed by “off”) to refuse to exert effort | |
| 15. v. To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake. | |
| Lime slacks. | |
