slack
121slack water — noun Date: 1764 the period at the turn of the tide when there is little or no horizontal motion of tidal water called also slack tide …
122slack tide — noun see slack water …
123Slack tub — A slack tub is usually a large container full of water, brine, or oil used by a blacksmith to quench hot metal. The term is believed to derive from the word slake , as in slaking the heat …
124slack-jawed — /slak jawd /, adj. having the mouth open, esp. as an indication of astonishment, bewilderment, etc. [slack jaw + ED3] * * * …
125slack off — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To become or cause to become less active or intense: abate, bate, die (away, down, off, or out), ease (off or up), ebb, fall, fall off, lapse, let up, moderate, remit, slacken, subside, wane. See INCREASE. II verb… …
126slack\ off — v. phr. 1. To become less active; grow lazy. Since construction work has been slacking off toward the end of the summer, many workers were dismissed. 2. To gradually reduce; taper off. The snowstorms tend to slack off over the Great Lakes by the… …
127slack off/up — decrease in intensity or speed. → slack …
128slack off — 1) the rain has slacked off Syn: decrease, subside, let up, ease off, abate, diminish, die down, fall off 2) you deserve to slack off a bit Syn: relax, take things easy, let up, ease up/off …
