slacking
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (1)
- the evasion of work or dutySynonyms: shirkingsoldieringgoofing offgoldbrickingType of evasion, escape
Word of the day · Sep 29About this word
haphazardadjective
What does it mean? Question 1 of today’s quiz
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“slacking” is listed under Slacken.
Slack, Slack′en intransitive verb [past tense & past participle Slacked, Slackened (…); present participle & verbal noun Slacking, Slackening.]
Origin: See Slack, adjective
1. To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather.
2. To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.
3. To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks.
4. To abate; to become less violent.
Whence these raging fires Will slacken, if his breath stir not their flames.— John Milton
5. To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens.
6. To languish; to fail; to flag.
7. To end; to cease; to desist; to slake. obsolete
That through your death your lineage should slack.— Geoffrey Chaucer
They will not of that firste purpose slack.— Geoffrey Chaucer
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54