slacks

Meanings

Noun

• (usually in the plural) pants for casual wear
• dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
• a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
• a stretch of water without current or movement
• a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
• the quality of being loose (not taut)
• a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely
• plural of slack
• Semi-formal trousers which are less formal than those that are part of a suit but nowadays are considered suitable casualwear in most offices. (Takes a plural verb even when referring to a single pair; may be referred to as a pair of slacks.)

Verb

• avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
• be inattentive to, or neglect
  • "He slacks his attention"
• release tension on
• make less active or fast
• become slow or slower
• make less active or intense
• become less in amount or intensity
• cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water
• third-person singular simple present indicative of slack

Synonyms

abate, die away, drop-off, falling off, falloff, let up, mire, morass, quag, quagmire, relax, slack, slack off, slack up, slack water, slacken, slackness, slake, slow, slow down, slow up, slump