Thesaurus: slack

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1. n. Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.
2. n. A valley, or small, shallow dell.
3. superl. Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack rope.
4. superl. Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand.
5. superl. Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service.
6. superl. Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as, business is slack.
7. adv. Slackly; as, slack dried hops.
8. n. The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or of a sail.
9. a. Alt. of Slacken
10. v. t. Alt. of Slacken
11. adj. not tense or taut
12. adj. flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide
13. adj. lacking in rigor or strictness