Synonym: baggy, droopy, dull, hanging, inactive, lax, lazy, loose, slow. Antonym: tight. Similar words: slacken, lack, black, flack, lackey, blacken, lacking, black out. Meaning: [slæk] 
n. 1. dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve 2. a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality 3. a stretch of water without current or movement 4. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot 5. the condition of being loose (not taut) 6. a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely. v. 1. avoid responsibilities and work, be idle 2. be inattentive to, or neglect 3. release tension on 4. make less active or fast 5. become slow or slower 6. make less active or intense 7. become less in amount or intensity 8. cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water. adj. 1. not tense or taut 2. lacking in strength or firmness or resilience 3. flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide 4. lacking in rigor or strictness.
n. 1. dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve 2. a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality 3. a stretch of water without current or movement 4. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot 5. the condition of being loose (not taut) 6. a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely. v. 1. avoid responsibilities and work, be idle 2. be inattentive to, or neglect 3. release tension on 4. make less active or fast 5. become slow or slower 6. make less active or intense 7. become less in amount or intensity 8. cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water. adj. 1. not tense or taut 2. lacking in strength or firmness or resilience 3. flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide 4. lacking in rigor or strictness. 
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61. Banks will not take up the slack.
62. The fan belt is a little slack.
63. Corporate profits have been hurt by slack demand.
64. Tension, that's the trouble, she's a terrible slack knitter.
65. Leave a little slack in the line.
66. Other industries have taken up the slack.
67. Now the surface was so slack that it was becoming dangerous.
68. The building site was surrounded by a token fence consisting of two slack strands of barbed wire.
69. To the states' taxpayers who will have to take up the slack as federal aid recedes?
70. But you'd get slung out of a bondage club for tying ropes that slack.
71. With one month to go before Christmas, sales are still slack.
72. As employers drop out of the health insurance business, the government Medi-Cal program generally picks up the slack.
73. These two big, hardheaded women, one player, one coach, have not learned to cut each other any slack.
74. In low slack systems, vigorous competition in the environment prevents managers from easily tailoring their activities to achieve personal ends.
75. Today a changing environment has forced many such organization either to become low slack systems or to go out of business.
76. There were no longer seasonal periods of slack and recovery to offset the periods of feverish activity.
77. Sal sent the sack up on a bight of slack(sentencedict.com), then came up on a tight rope and the sling.
78. Fletchers was advised by Sheffield law firm Ashton Morton Slack.
79. One of our interviews with a manager in a high slack company illustrates the functionality of political intrigue.
80. It is increasingly up to the individual to pick up the slack and act swiftly, doing well by doing good.
81. His body was slack, and as he grew colder and more tired, he felt the force of his will diminish.
82. Photo paper sales picked up the slack, the company said.
83. Suddenly he felt an uneven tug, the string went slack, and he realized that his efforts had been in vain.
84. His slack, slaked face seemed about to drop off with sheer gravity of dissipation.
85. The government is appealing to business to pick up the slack, but there are few ears to hear.
86. Co., fell for the third straight week on reports of weak earnings and a slack retail climate.
87. Today, all-round utility player, Clive Smott, will wear the keepers' shorts even though Slack is two sizes bigger.
88. When the net is set the top and bottom lines are tight, but the net itself remains slack.
89. The export market has not taken up the slack, so redundancies are coming thick and fast.
90. A high number of singular military displays more than took up the slack, riding a post- Desert Storm popularity wave.
More similar words: slacken, lack, black, flack, lackey, blacken, lacking, black out, for lack of, blackleg, blacking, jet black, blackball, black hand, black hole, in the black, black list, black sheep, blackbody, blackface, blackmail, blacklist, blackness, lacklustre, blacksmith, lackluster, a black sheep, blackberry, black magic, black horse.