Unscramble slacks

Definition of slacks

noun:

• (usually in the plural) pants for casual wear.
• dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve. Synonyms: slack.
• a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality; "the team went into a slump", "a gradual slack in output", "a drop-off in attendance", "a falloff in quality". Synonyms: drop-off, falling off, falloff, slack, slump.
• a stretch of water without current or movement; "suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless". Synonyms: slack, slack water.
• a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot. Synonyms: mire, morass, quag, quagmire, slack.
• the quality of being loose (not taut); "he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope". Synonyms: slack, slackness.
• a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely; "he took up the slack". Synonyms: slack.

verb:

• avoid responsibilities and work, be idle. Synonyms: slack.
• be inattentive to, or neglect; "He slacks his attention". Synonyms: slack.
• release tension on; "slack the rope". Synonyms: slack.
• make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired", "Don't relax your efforts now". Synonyms: relax, slack, slack up, slacken.
• become slow or slower; "Production slowed". Synonyms: slack, slacken, slow, slow down, slow up.
• make less active or intense. Synonyms: abate, slack, slake.
• become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated", "The rain let up after a few hours". Synonyms: abate, die away, let up, slack, slack off.
• cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime". Synonyms: slack, slake.

Words nearby

slack, stacks.

Rhymes with

acts, ax, axe, fax, flax, jacks, lax, max, pax, relax, relax, sax, saxe, stacks, tax, wax.