![]() The idea of Jim Morrison in a pair of black cotton slacks doesn't quite have the same ring, does it?.He wore a short-sleeved shirt and pale cinnamon slacks.An ordinary plaid blouse, and slacks, I decide.4 → cut/give somebody some slack 5 → slacks 6 British English very small pieces of coal Examples from the Corpus slack Her body went momentarily slack with relief, or was it disappointment? slack slack 2 noun 1 → take up/pick up the slack 2 LOOSE part of a rope that is not stretched tight 3 AVAILABLE money, space, people, or time that an organization or person has available, but is not using fully There is still some slack in the budget.Keep the rope slack till I say `pull'.Today a changing environment has forced many such organization either to become low slack systems or to go out of business.Savings and loan institutions, for example, were once high slack systems, and appropriately so in a regulated industry.If the rope between climbers is slack, one slip can be fatal.This can result due to reductions in overmanning and improvements in other types of slack management procedures.She didn't want to come against the flat slack flesh.Corporate profits have been hurt by slack demand.I let the rope go slack as the boat came closer.The report criticized airport security as "disgracefully slack.". ![]() slackly adverb - slackness noun Examples from the Corpus slack ![]() 3 CARELESS not taking enough care or making enough effort to do things correctly – used to show disapproval SYN careless Slack defending by Real Madrid allowed Manchester United to score. 2 BUSY/HAVE A LOT TO DO with less business activity than usual SYN slow Business remained slack throughout the day. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English slack slack 1 / slæk / adjective 1 LOOSE hanging loosely, or not pulled tight OPP taut Keep the rope slack until I tell you to pull it. ![]()
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