slack: Information About The Word 'slack'

slack is an acceptable dictionary word for games like scrabble, words with friends, crossword, etc.

The word 'slack' is made up of 5 letters.

• (n) dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
• (n) 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"
• (n) a stretch of water without current or movement; "suddenly they were in slack water"
• (n) the condition of being loose (not taut); "he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope"
• (n) a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely; "he took up the slack"
• (s) not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and gray"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope"
• (s) lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "flaccid muscles"; "took his lax hand in hers"; "gave a limp handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton; "a slack grip"
• (s) flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide; "slack water"
• (s) lacking in rigor or strictness; "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes"; "slack in maintaining discipline"
• (v) avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
• (v) be inattentive to, or neglect; "He slacks his attention"
• (v) release tension on; "slack the rope"
• (v) make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"
• (v) become slow or slower; "Production slowed"
• (v) make less active or intense
• (v) become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"
• (v) cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime"

Using the word 'slack' in Scrabble will fetch you 11 points while using it in Words with Friends will fetch you 13 points (without taking into consideration the effect of any multipliers).

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