We found 45 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word slack:
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 General (25 matching dictionaries)
- slack: Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info]
- slack, slack, slack: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
- slack: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
- slack: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
- Slack: Wiktionary [home, info]
- slack: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
- slack: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
- slack: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
- slack: Dictionary.com [home, info]
- slack (adj.), slack (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
- slack: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
- slack: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
- slack: Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms [home, info]
- Slack (project management), Slack, The Slack: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
- slack: Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs [home, info]
- Slack: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
- slack: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
- slack: Rhymezone [home, info]
- slack: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
- slack: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
- slack: Free Dictionary [home, info]
- slack: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
- slack: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
- Slack, slack: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
- slack: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
Art (3 matching dictionaries)
- Slack: Epicurus.com Coffee Glossary [home, info]
- SLACK: Shakespeare Glossary [home, info]
- SLACK: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS [home, info]
Business (4 matching dictionaries)
- Slack: MoneyGlossary.com [home, info]
- Slack: Construction Term Glossary [home, info]
- Slack: Wideman Comparative Glossary of Project Management Terms [home, info]
- slack: BusinessDictionary.com [home, info]
Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
- slack: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing [home, info]
- slack: Encyclopedia [home, info]
Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
- slack: online medical dictionary [home, info]
- slack: Medical dictionary [home, info]
Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
- Slack: Unofficial Dictionary for Marines [home, info]
- slack: Idioms [home, info]
Science (1 matching dictionary)
- slack: PlanetMath Encyclopedia [home, info]
Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
- Slack: Climbing [home, info]
- slack: Terra.org's Sailing Terms [home, info]
Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
- Slack: AUTOMOTIVE TERMS [home, info]
- Slack: Glossary of Coal Mining Terms [home, info]
- SLACK: Glossary of Nautical Terms [home, info]
- Slack: Latitude Mexico [home, info]
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Quick definitions (slack)
▸ noun: a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely ("He took up the slack")
▸ noun: the condition of being loose (not taut) ("He hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope")
▸ noun: a stretch of water without current or movement ("Suddenly they were in slack water")
▸ 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 ("A gradual slack in output")
▸ verb: cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water ("Slack lime")
▸ verb: avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
▸ verb: make less active or fast ("He slackened his pace as he got tired")
▸ verb: release tension on ("Slack the rope")
▸ verb: be inattentive to, or neglect ("He slacks his attention")
▸ verb: make less active or intense
▸ verb: become less in amount or intensity
▸ verb: become slow or slower
▸ adjective: flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide ("Slack water")
▸ adjective: not tense or taut ("Slack and wrinkled skin")
▸ adjective: lacking in rigor or strictness ("Slack in maintaining discipline")
▸ adjective: lacking in strength or firmness or resilience ("A slack grip")
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 25000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #3139)
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