Slack Definition
- To make an allowance for (someone), as in allowing more time to finish something.
- to be less demanding of someone; ease up on someone
- to address or remedy a lag, underperformance, etc.
- to slacken
Other Word Forms of Slack
Noun
Adjective
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Slack
- cut
- cut someone some slack
- pick up the slack
- slack off
Origin of Slack
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Middle English slak from Old English slæc slēg- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English slak from Old Norse slakki
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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For sense of coal dust, compare slag.
From Wiktionary
Middle English sleck
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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