Found 3 hits - Term: slacker, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
slack \slack\, a. compar. slacker; superl. slackest. oe.
slak, as. sleac; akin to os. slak, ohg. slah, prov. g.
schlack, icel. slakr, sw. slak; cf. skr. s.rj to let loose,
to throw. cf. slake.
lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a
slack rope.
1913 webster
2. weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand. --milton.
1913 webster
3. remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not
earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service.
1913 webster
the lord is not slack concerning his promise, as
some men count slackness. --2 pet. iii.
9.
1913 webster
4. not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as,
business is slack. "with slack pace." --chaucer.
1913 webster
c?sar . . . about sunset, hoisting sail with a slack
southwest, at midnight was becalmed. --milton.
1913 webster
slack in stays naut., slow in going about, as a ship.
slack water, the time when the tide runs slowly, or the
water is at rest; or the interval between the flux and
reflux of the tide.
slack-water navigation, navigation in a stream the depth of
which has been increased, and the current diminished, by a
dam or dams.
1913 webster
syn: loose; relaxed; weak; remiss; backward; abated;
diminished; inactive; slow; tardy; dull.
1913 webster
see also:
slacker slackest slake slack in stays slack water slack-water navigation
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
slacker
n : a person who shirks their work or duty especially one who
tries to evade military service in wartime syn: shirker
see also:
shirker
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
32 moby thesaurus words for "slacker":
bungler, clock watcher, disregarder, dodger, eye-servant,
goldbrick, goldbricker, goof-off, idler, ignorer, loafer,
malingerer, neglecter, negligent, old soldier, procrastinator,
shirk, shirker, skulk, skulker, slinker, sloven, slugabed,
sluggard, slut, soldier, spiv, tax dodger, trifler, truant,
waiter on providence, welsher
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