ALL meanings of slacker
slack·er
S s - noun slacker a slack condition or part. 1
- noun slacker the part of a rope, sail, or the like, that hangs loose, without strain upon it. 1
- noun slacker a decrease in activity, as in business or work: a sudden slack in output. 1
- noun slacker a period of decreased activity. 1
- noun slacker Geography. a cessation in a strong flow, as of a current at its turn. 1
- noun slacker a depression between hills, in a hillside, or in the land surface. 1
- noun slacker Prosody. (in sprung rhythm) the unaccented syllable or syllables. 1
- noun slacker British Dialect. a morass; marshy ground; a hollow or dell with soft, wet ground at the bottom. 1
- adjective slacker not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope. 1
- adjective slacker negligent; careless; remiss: slack proofreading. 1
- adjective slacker slow, sluggish, or indolent: He is slack in answering letters. 1
- adjective slacker not active or busy; dull; not brisk: the slack season in an industry. 1
- adjective slacker moving very slowly, as the tide, wind, or water. 1
- adjective slacker weak; lax. 1
- adjective slacker Nautical. easy (def 15a). 1
- adverb slacker in a slack manner. 1
- verb with object slacker to be remiss in respect to (some matter, duty, right, etc.); shirk; leave undone: He slacked the most important part. 1
- verb with object slacker to make or allow to become less active, vigorous, intense, etc.; relax (efforts, labor, speed, etc.); lessen; moderate (often followed by up). 1
- verb with object slacker to make loose, or less tense or taut, as a rope; loosen (often followed by off or out). 1
- verb with object slacker to slake (lime). 1
- verb without object slacker to be remiss; shirk one's duty or part. 1
- verb without object slacker to become less active, vigorous, rapid, etc. (often followed by up): Business is slacking up. 1
- verb without object slacker to become less tense or taut, as a rope; to ease off. 1
- verb without object slacker to become slaked, as lime. 1
- idioms slacker take up the slack, to pull in or make taut a loose section of a rope, line, wire, etc.: Take up the slack before releasing the kite. to provide or compensate for something that is missing or incomplete: New sources of oil will take up the slack resulting from the embargo. 1
- countable noun slacker If you describe someone as a slacker, you mean that they are lazy and do less work than they should. 0
- noun slacker a person who evades work or duty; shirker 0
- noun slacker an educated young adult characterized by cynicism and apathy 0
- noun slacker (as modifier) 0
- noun slacker a person who shirks work or duty 0
- noun slacker a person who evades military service in wartime 0
- noun slacker a young person, typically in his or her twenties, variously regarded as indolent, unambitious, alienated, apathetic, etc. 0