slacked
past simple and past participle ofslack
slack
verb[I]
informaluk/slæk/us/slæk/toworkmoreslowlyand with lesseffortthanusual, or to go moreslowly:
Everyone slacksoff/upat the end of theweek.
disapprovingYou'll be introubleif you'recaughtslacking on thejob.
Slackoffyourspeedas youapproachthecorner.
Slow and moving slowly
- (as) slow as molassesidiom
- at a snail's paceidiom
- by and byidiom
- by degreesidiom
- clawyourway(somewhere)idiom
- float
- inch by inchidiom
- infiltrate
- infiltration
- jog
- labour
- lag
- laggard
- sluggishly
- sluggishness
- snail
- steadily
- steadiness
- struggle
- wander
Examplesofslacked
slacked
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Punishments were also meted out for workers who may haveslackedoff five minutes before work was over.
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It is not the familiar allegation so often inaccurately made that delivery to time was impossible because workers hadslacked.
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His writingslackedoff between 1915 and 1939, then picked up again.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.After 1880 immigrationslackedoff and growth was due chiefly to the excess of births over deaths.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As the clewlines were hauled in, the sheets would beslackedoff.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.One is tensioned and the other isslackedoff to move the tongs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Heslackedoff in his studies and had to resort to bribery just to graduate.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As the former arbitration took much time, the naval arms race, though itslackedduring the time of eased tension which came with the agreements, continued.
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- bearing capacity
- bearing-capacity
- bearings
- bear in on/upon
- bear-in-on-upon
- bearish
- bearish note
- bearish-note
- bear market
- bear-market
- bearnaise-sauce
- bear-on
- bear on something
- bear on sth
- bear-on-sth
- bear-out
- bear position
- bear-position
- bear raid
- bear-raid
- bear run
- bear-run
- bear's breeches
- bear-s-breeches
- bear sb/sth out