Slack

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adv Slackly; as, slack dried hops.

II. Slack ·noun A valley, or small, shallow dell.

III. Slack ·noun Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.

IV. Slack ·superl Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand.

V. Slack ·adj ·Alt. of Slacken.

VI. Slack ·vt ·Alt. of Slacken.

VII. Slack ·superl Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack rope.

VIII. Slack ·superl Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as, business is slack.

IX. Slack ·noun The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or of a sail.

X. Slack ·superl Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service.