- slacker
- slacker (n.) popularized 1994, but meaning "person who shirks work" dates back to 1898; agent noun from SLACK (Cf. slack) (v.).
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Slacker — (englisch, von slack, „lustlos“, „schlaff“) ist eine Bezeichnung für eine Person, deren Lebensart durch geringe Leistungs und Anpassungsbereitschaft in Schule oder Beruf gekennzeichnet ist. Ursprünglich wurde der Begriff in den USA für Personen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
slacker — UK US /ˈslækər/ noun [C] ► someone who does not work hard enough or put enough effort into something: »The management where I work thinks that taking time to eat lunch is only for slackers … Financial and business terms
slacker — [n] shirker avoider, bum, deadbeat*, goldbrick, good for nothing, goof off*, idler, loafer, quitter, slouch; concepts 412,423 … New thesaurus
slacker — ► NOUN informal 1) a person who avoids work or effort. 2) chiefly N. Amer. a young person of a subculture characterized by apathy and aimlessness … English terms dictionary
slacker — [slak′ər] n. 1. a person who shirks work or duty 2. a person who evades military service in wartime ☆ 3. Informal a young person, typically in his or her twenties, variously regarded as indolent, unambitious, alienated, apathetic, etc … English World dictionary
Slacker — The term slacker is commonly used to refer to a person who avoids work, or (primarily in North American English) an educated person who is antimaterialistic and viewed as an underachiever.cite web |url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/slacke… … Wikipedia
Slacker — Sla|cker [ slækɐ ], der; s, [engl. slacker, zu slack = nachlässig, schlampig; verbummelt, verw. mit lat. laxus, ↑ lax] (Jargon): Jugendlicher od. junger Erwachsener, der das Streben nach [beruflichem] Erfolg ablehnt u. die Lebenshaltung eines… … Universal-Lexikon
slacker — [[t]slæ̱kə(r)[/t]] slackers N COUNT (disapproval) If you describe someone as a slacker, you mean that they are lazy and do less work than they should. He s not a slacker, he s the best worker they ve got … English dictionary
slacker — UK [ˈslækə(r)] / US [ˈslækər] noun [countable] Word forms slacker : singular slacker plural slackers informal someone who tries to avoid working … English dictionary
slacker — n. someone who is lazy or who never completes a task or who fails at a task. (Standard English, but currently used as if it were recently invented.) □ Micky is a slacker and a real jerk. □ Don’t be such a big ass slacker! … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
