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    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[.r]j to let loose,
    to throw. Cf. {Slake}.]
    Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a
    slack rope.

    2. Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand. --Milton.

    3. Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not
    earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service.

    The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as
    some men count slackness. --2 Pet. iii.
    9.

    4. Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as,
    business is slack. ``With slack pace.'' --Chaucer.

    C?sar . . . about sunset, hoisting sail with a slack
    southwest, at midnight was becalmed. --Milton.

    {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.

    Syn: Loose; relaxed; weak; remiss; backward; abated;
    diminished; inactive; slow; tardy; dull.

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