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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
slack
slack [slack slacks slacked slacking] adjective, noun, verb BrE [slæk] NAmE [slæk]
adjective (slack·er, slack·est)
1. not stretched tight
Syn: ↑loose
•She was staring into space, her mouth slack.
•The rope suddenly went slack.
•slack muscles
2. (of business)not having many customers or sales; not busy
•a slack period
•Wednesdays are always slack.
•slack demand for beef
3. (disapproving)not putting enough care, attention or energy into sth and so not doing it well enough
•He's been very slack in his work lately.
•Discipline in the classroom is very slack.
•We lost because of some slack defending on our part.
Word Origin:
adj. and n. senses 1 to 2 v. Old English slæc ‘inclined to be lazy, unhurried’ Germanic Latin laxus ‘loose’ n. sense 3 late Middle English Low German Dutch
Example Bank:
•Let the reins go slack.
•She knew she had been very slack in her church attendance recently.
•Some of the ropes were completely slack.
•The antiques business remained slack.
•This season has been pretty slack for local hotels so far.
Idioms: ↑cut somebody some slack ▪ ↑take up the slack
Derived Words: ↑slackly ▪ ↑slackness
Derived: ↑slack off
noun uncountable
see also ↑slacks
1. the part of a rope, etc. that is hanging loosely
•There's too much slack in the tow rope.
2. people, money or space that should be used more fully in an organization
•There's very little slack in the budget.
3. very small pieces of coal
Word Origin:
adj. and n. senses 1 to 2 v. Old English slæc ‘inclined to be lazy, unhurried’ Germanic Latin laxus ‘loose’ n. sense 3 late Middle English Low German Dutch
verb intransitive
to work less hard than you usually do or should do
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
adj. and n. senses 1 to 2 v. Old English slæc ‘inclined to be lazy, unhurried’ Germanic Latin laxus ‘loose’ n. sense 3 late Middle English Low German Dutch
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