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slack: I. adjective and adverb II. noun III. intransitive verb
slack: noun
slack off: intransitive or transitive verb

I . slack¹ [slæk] ADJ

1. slack (not taut):

slack

to get slack

wiotczeć [perf z-]

2. slack pej (lazy, negligent):

slack

slack discipline

slack worker

3. slack (not busy):

slack

slack season

business is slack

jest zastój w interesach

II . slack¹ [slæk] N

1. slack no pl (lack of tightness):

slack

luz m

Phrases:

to take up the slack (make tight)

naprężać [perf naprężyć]

to take up the slack (make up)

nadrabiać [perf nadrobić] zaległości

III . slack¹ [slæk] VB intr pej

slack

rozleniwiać [perf rozleniwić] się

slack² [slæk] N no pl

slack

miał m węglowy

slack off VB trans, intr

slack off PHRVB slacken off

Usage examples with slack

the low [or slack] season

to get slack

wiotczeć [perf z-]

business is slack

jest zastój w interesach

to take up the slack (make tight)

naprężać [perf naprężyć]

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

His slacker demeanor hides a streak of mischief. en.wikipedia.org

It was slacking off as much as it could when it came through there. en.wikipedia.org

His writing slacked off between 1915 and 1939, then picked up again. en.wikipedia.org

Moving in any such direction is said to remove slack between the candidate solution and one or more constraints. en.wikipedia.org

There are examples of slack key played in standard tuning, but the overwhelming majority of recorded examples use altered tunings. en.wikipedia.org

Slack served on the court until his death. en.wikipedia.org

That is, the dual vector is minimized in order to remove slack between the candidate positions of the constraints and the actual optimum. en.wikipedia.org

Storing small files on a filesystem with large clusters will therefore waste disk space; such wasted disk space is called slack space. en.wikipedia.org

The process is simply feeding a bundle of continuous filament yarns into a small jet nozzle with various amounts of slack (overfeed). en.wikipedia.org

The left hand operates on a separate brain, taking up slack line as it becomes available, while always preserving a little slack. en.wikipedia.org

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