Définition de slack en anglais

slack

adjective

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/slæk/

slack adjective (NOT TIGHT)

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not tight; loose:

These tent ropes are too slack - they need tightening.

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Flexible, loose and yielding

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slack adjective (NOT ACTIVE)

showing little activity; not busy or happening in a positive way:

business is slack Business is always slack at this time of year.

UK disapproving Discipline in Mr Brown's class has become very slack recently.

UK disapproving The job is taking a long time because the workmen are so slack.

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Slow and moving slowly

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Mot associé

slackly

slack

noun

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/slæk/

slack noun (NOT TIGHT)

[ U ]

the fact that something is too loose:

There's too much slack in these ropes.

take up the slack The men pulled on the ropes to take up the slack (= to tighten them).

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Flexible, loose and yielding

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slack noun (TROUSERS)

slacks [ plural ] US or UK old-fashioned

a pair of trousers that are in the style of trousers worn as part of a suit, and that are considered fairly formal but not as formal as a suit:

wool slacks

slack noun (COAL)

[ U ]

very small pieces and dust from coal

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Locution

pick up/take up the slack

slack

verb [ I ]

informal

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to work more slowly and with less effort than usual, or to go more slowly:

slack off/up Everyone slacks off/up at the end of the week.

disapproving You'll be in trouble if you're caught slacking on the job.

slack off your speed Slack off your speed as you approach the corner.

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Slow and moving slowly

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(Définition de slack depuis le Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

«slack» en anglais américain

slack

adjective [ -er/-est only ]

/slæk/

slack adjective [-er/-est only] (NOT TIGHT)

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not tight; loose:

His jaw went slack, and he looked puzzled.

slack adjective [-er/-est only] (NOT ACTIVE)

showing a lack of activity; not busy or happening in a positive way:

The teachers are kind of slack about enforcing rules.

slack

noun [ U ]

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slack noun [U] (LOOSE STATE)

the state of being too loose or not tight enough:

There was too much slack in the cable.

slack noun [U] (SLOW STATE)

a period when something is slower or less active than usual:

the midsummer slack

Locution

pick up the slack

(Définition de slack depuis le Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

slack dans le dictionnaire Anglais des Affaires

slack

adjective

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if business or economic activity is slack, there is less activity than usual:

He wanted to sell some of his rental homes, but the region's slack economy stopped him.

May was a very slack month for the entire industry.

slack market/demand/sales

slack time/period Summer is usually a slack time for energy demand.

something that is slack is not strict or effective enough:

Experts say that slacker financial controls may be to blame.

There were claims in the media of slack corporate governance.

someone who is slack is not working hard enough or spending enough time or care on something:

Businesses that shout loudest about delayed payments are often the worst slack payers.

be slack with something She's always been a bit slack with her accounts.

slack

noun [ U ]

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resources, such as money, people, or time, that are not being used at a particular time:

At the moment we have very little slack for dealing with emergencies.

slack in something Anne and Bill didn't have enough slack in their household budget.

pick/take up slack

to make a business, industry, or economy operate more effectively by doing the work that someone else has stopped doing but that still needs to be done:

More business investment would pick up the slack in the economy.

The drug maker is having problems with production, but none of its competitors have taken up the slack.

slackness

noun [ U ]

There has been some slackness in the labor market this quarter.

(Définition de slack depuis le Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Exemples de slack

slack

I do not want to say that they are all idling and slacking; that would be wicked, and it would be untrue.

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