- a person who shirks work or duty
- a person who evades military service in wartime
- Informal a young person, typically in his or her twenties, variously regarded as idle, lazy, unambitious, etc.
Reggie was being a slacker while his wife did all of the chores around the house.
The definition of a slacker is an unmotivated person who doesn't work very hard or who doesn't have a lot of ambition.
A guy who sits around on the couch all day and does nothing productive is an example of a slacker.
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noun
- One who shirks work or responsibility.
- One who tries to evade military service in wartime; a draft dodger.
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Noun
(plural slackers)
- One who procrastinates or is lazy.
- A person lacking a sense of direction in life; an underachiever.
- A person who seeks to avoid military service.
- (very rare) A user of the Slackware Linux operating system.
- A member of a certain 1990s subculture associated with Generation X.
Origin
From slack +"Ž -er; compare especially slack off.
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