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slack

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Noun

  1. The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
  2. A dip in a surface.
  3. In particular, a shallow dell or hollow; a dip in the surface of terrain, such as between hills.
  4. A low-lying marsh or a pool, especially a tidal or intermittent one which periodically fills and drains.
  5. Unconditional listening attention given by client to patient.
  6. Attributive form of slacks (“semi-formal trousers”).
  7. A temporary speed restriction where track maintenance or engineering work is being carried out at a particular place.
  8. A valley, or small, shallow dell; a sag or saddle in a ridge.
  9. A flat-bottomed, hollow zone within a sand-dune system that has developed over impervious strata, sometimes due to erosion or blow-out of the dune system; its flat base level is therefore close to or at the permanent water-table level, and therefore has rich, marshy flora, with Salix species (willows) as typical woody colonisers.
  10. Small coal; coal dust.

Adjective

  1. Lax; not tense; not firmly extended.
  2. Weak; not holding fast.
  3. Moderate in some capacity: Moderately warm.
  4. Moderate in some capacity: Moderate in speed.
  5. Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
  6. Not active or busy, successful, or violent.
  7. Excess; surplus to requirements.
  8. Vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music.
  9. Lax.

Adverb

  1. Slackly.

Verb

  1. To slacken.
  2. To mitigate; to reduce the strength of.
  3. To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.
  4. To refuse to work as hard as one is supposed to.

Proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A place in England: A hamlet in Ashover parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3362).
  3. A place in England: A hamlet in Heptonstall parish, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SD9828).
  4. A place in England: A hamlet in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, near Outlane, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0817).
  5. A real-time collaboration app and platform launched in 2013.

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