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slacker |
Grep of noun slacker slacker Overview of noun slacker The noun slacker has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. slacker, shirker -- (a person who shirks their work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)) Overview of adj slack The adj slack has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (5) loose, slack -- (not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and gray"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope") 2. flaccid, lax, limp, slack -- (lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "flaccid muscles"; "took his lax hand in hers"; "gave a limp handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton; "a slack grip") 3. slack -- (flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide; "slack water") 4. lax, slack -- (lacking in rigor or strictness; "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes"; "slack in maintaining discipline") Antonyms of adj slack 4 senses of slack Sense 1 loose, slack INDIRECT (VIA lax) -> tense Sense 2 flaccid, lax, limp, slack INDIRECT (VIA weak) -> strong Sense 3 slack INDIRECT (VIA standing) -> running Sense 4 lax, slack INDIRECT (VIA negligent) -> diligent Similarity of adj slack 4 senses of slack Sense 1 loose, slack => lax (vs. tense) Sense 2 flaccid, lax, limp, slack => weak (vs. strong) Sense 3 slack => standing(postnominal) (vs. running) Sense 4 lax, slack => negligent (vs. diligent) Attributes of adj slack Familiarity of adj slack slack used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Grep of adj slack slack Overview of noun slacker The noun slacker has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. slacker, shirker -- (a person who shirks their work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)) Overview of adj slack The adj slack has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (5) loose, slack -- (not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and gray"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope") 2. flaccid, lax, limp, slack -- (lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "flaccid muscles"; "took his lax hand in hers"; "gave a limp handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton; "a slack grip") 3. slack -- (flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide; "slack water") 4. lax, slack -- (lacking in rigor or strictness; "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes"; "slack in maintaining discipline")
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