How to pronounce “slack”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (uncountable) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
• A dip in a surface.
• In particular, a shallow dell or hollow; a dip in the surface of terrain, such as between hills.
• (countable) A low-lying marsh or a pool, especially a tidal or intermittent one which periodically fills and drains.
• (uncountable, psychotherapy) Unconditional listening attention given by client to patient.
• Attributive form of slacks (“semi-formal trousers”).
• [Adjective]
• (normally said of a rope) Lax; not tense; not firmly extended.
• Weak; not holding fast.
• Moderate in some capacity.
• Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
• Not active or busy, successful, or violent.
• Excess; surplus to requirements.
• (slang, Caribbean, Jamaica) Vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music.
• (linguistics) Lax.
• [Adverb]
• Slackly.
• [Verb]
• (ambitransitive) To slacken.
• (obsolete) To mitigate; to reduce the strength of.
• To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.
• To refuse to work as hard as one is supposed to.

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