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I . slack [slæk] ADJ

1. slack (not taut):

slack
ohlapen
slack
mlahav

3. slack (not busy):

slack
tih
slack
počasen
slack market
stagnirajoč

II . slack [slæk] ADV

slack
mlahavo

III . slack [slæk] N no pl

1. slack (looseness):

slack
ohlapnost f
slack
ohlapni del m
the men pulled on the rope to take up the slack
možje so vlekli vrv, da bi jo napeli
to cut sb some slack Am inf
pogledati komu skozi prste

2. slack (coal):

slack
premogov prah m
slack
premogov grušč m

IV . slack [slæk] VB intr inf

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slack
mečkati
slack
obirati se
slack
popuščati [perf popustiti]

slack off VB intr

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slack PHRVB slacken off:

Usage examples with slack

to cut sb some slack Am inf
pogledati komu skozi prste
discipline has become very slack lately
v zadnjem času je disciplina zelo popustila
the men pulled on the rope to take up the slack
možje so vlekli vrv, da bi jo napeli

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Because of this, students thought she was just slacking off, and was bullied by them, leaving her traumatized and unwilling to go to high school.
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Realistically, the fall would likely include several more feet due to rope elasticity and slack and give in the overall mechanical system.
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Moving in any such direction is said to remove slack between the candidate solution and one or more constraints.
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His slacker demeanor hides a streak of mischief.
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Meanwhile, the young players developed by the team's farm system could not pick up the slack.
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Currently, females in army bands, honor guards, and female chaplains are authorized to wear army blue slacks in the performance of their duties.
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His writing slacked off between 1915 and 1939, then picked up again.
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In his opinion, this second text is taut where the first one is slack, precise where the first is woolly.
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The process is simply feeding a bundle of continuous filament yarns into a small jet nozzle with various amounts of slack (overfeed).
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She liked to fashion her own clothes, which, in addition to the slacks, included boots and a black artist frock coat.
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