slack

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From Middle English slak, from Old English slæc (“slack”), from Proto-Germanic *slakaz. For sense of coal dust, compare slag.

* As an English and Dutch surname, from the adjective slack. * Also as an English surname, from the noun slack (“shallow valley”). * Possibly also a Slovene surname Americanized from slak (“bindweed”), from Proto-Slavic *sъvolkъ. * The name of the software is an acronym of Searchable Log of All Conversation and Knowledge.

Either from the adjective in Etymology 1 or the verb in Etymology 2.

From Middle English slak, from Old Norse slakki (“a slope”). Cognate with Icelandic slakki, Norwegian slakke.

Of unknown origin. Possibly related to Middle Dutch slacke or Middle Low German slecke. Doublet of slag.

From Middle English slakken, slaken, from Old English slacian, from Proto-Germanic *slakōną (“to slack, slacken”).

130 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bashkir: бушаҡ (buşaq) — not tense
• Belarusian: рассла́блены (rasslábljeny) — not tense
• Bulgarian: вял (vjal) — not tense
• Bulgarian: отпуснат (otpusnat) — not tense
• Dutch: slap — not tense
• Finnish: löysä — not tense
• French: lâche — not tense
• German: schlaff — not tense
• German: lose — not tense
• Ancient Greek: λαγαρός (lagarós) — not tense
• Hungarian: laza — not tense
• Hungarian: ernyedt — not tense
• Italian: allentato — not tense
• Latin: laxus — not tense
• Macedonian: ла́бав (lábav) — not tense
• Māori: pūngohe — not tense
• Māori: tatetate — not tense
• Māori: korokoro — not tense
• Māori: tāngengangenga — not tense
• Māori: kōrurururu — not tense
• Māori: kaewa — not tense
• Māori: māwāwā — not tense
• Māori: ngoru — not tense
• Khiamniungan Naga: tâng — not tense
• Plautdietsch: schlaup — not tense
• Polish: rozluźniony — not tense
• Russian: рассла́бленный (rassláblennyj) — not tense
• Russian: ненатя́нутый (nenatjánutyj) — not tense
• Serbo-Croatian: labavo — not tense
• Serbo-Croatian: opušteno — not tense
• Spanish: flojo — not tense
• Spanish: holgado — not tense
• Spanish: suelto — not tense
• Turkish: gevşek — not tense
• Ottoman Turkish: گوشك (gevşek) — not tense
• Ukrainian: розсла́блений (rozsláblenyj) — not tense
• Bulgarian: слаб (slab) — weak
• Dutch: week — weak
• Finnish: veltto — weak
• German: schlaff — weak
• Macedonian: слаб (slab) — weak
• Portuguese: frouxo — weak
• Russian: сла́бый (slábyj) — weak
• Serbo-Croatian: mlohavo — weak
• Spanish: flojo — weak
• Bulgarian: небрежен (nebrežen) — not using due diligence or care
• Dutch: slecht gemaakt — not using due diligence or care
• Finnish: huolimaton — not using due diligence or care
• German: trödelig — not using due diligence or care
• German: schlampig — not using due diligence or care
• German: lasch — not using due diligence or care
• Irish: leibideach — not using due diligence or care
• Macedonian: не́брежен (nébrežen) — not using due diligence or care
• Māori: pirorehe — not using due diligence or care
• Māori: waimate — not using due diligence or care
• Russian: небре́жный (nebréžnyj) — not using due diligence or care
• Scottish Gaelic: dìomhain — not using due diligence or care
• Ottoman Turkish: گوشك (gevşek) — not using due diligence or care
• Ottoman Turkish: طمرسز (damarsız) — not using due diligence or care
• Dutch: tam — not rapid or pressing
• Finnish: hiljainen — not rapid or pressing
• Bulgarian: вяло (vjalo) — adverb of slack
• Bulgarian: отпуснато (otpusnato) — adverb of slack
• Finnish: löysästi — adverb of slack
• Finnish: veltosti — adverb of slack
• Finnish: huolimattomasti — adverb of slack
• Bulgarian: провисване (provisvane) — the part of anything that hangs loose
• Spanish: flojera — the part of anything that hangs loose
• Spanish: soltura — the part of anything that hangs loose
• Finnish: kluuvi — tidal marsh or periodically filling shallow
• German: Marsch — tidal marsh or periodically filling shallow
• Spanish: charco — tidal marsh or periodically filling shallow
• Bulgarian: дребни въглища (drebni vǎglišta) — small coal, coal dust
• Catalan: carbonet — small coal, coal dust
• Dutch: kolengruis — small coal, coal dust
• Finnish: hiilipöly — small coal, coal dust
• Finnish: hiilimurska — small coal, coal dust
• French: gravier — small coal, coal dust
• German: Schlacke — small coal, coal dust
• Italian: carbonella — small coal, coal dust
• Italian: polverino — small coal, coal dust
• Macedonian: ја́гленов прав (jáglenov prav) — small coal, coal dust
• Macedonian: си́тен ја́глен (síten jáglen) — small coal, coal dust
• Russian: у́гольная пы́ль (úgolʹnaja pýlʹ) — small coal, coal dust
• Spanish: carbonilla — small coal, coal dust
• Spanish: carboncillo — small coal, coal dust
• Spanish: cisco — small coal, coal dust
• Bulgarian: долчинка (dolčinka) — small shallow dell or valley
• Finnish: notko — small shallow dell or valley
• Finnish: notkelma — small shallow dell or valley
• German: Senke — small shallow dell or valley
• Finnish: löysä — loose part of anything
• Irish: ligean — loose part of anything
• Russian: слабина́ (slabiná) — loose part of anything
• Tagalog: lundo — loose part of anything
• Bulgarian: отпускам се (otpuskam se) — to procrastinate
• Bulgarian: безделнича (bezdelniča) — to procrastinate
• Dutch: treuzelen — to procrastinate
• Finnish: velttoilla — to procrastinate
• Finnish: viivytellä — to procrastinate
• Finnish: vetelehtiä — to procrastinate
• French: glander — to procrastinate
• German: trödeln — to procrastinate
• German: bummeln — to procrastinate
• German: faulenzen — to procrastinate
• German: faul sein — to procrastinate
• Macedonian: се о́пушта (se ópušta) — to procrastinate
• Macedonian: безде́лничи (bezdélniči) — to procrastinate
• Macedonian: се вле́чка (se vléčka) — to procrastinate
• Portuguese: enrolar — to procrastinate
• Russian: ло́дырничать (lódyrničatʹ) — to procrastinate
• Russian: безде́льничать (bezdélʹničatʹ) — to procrastinate
• Russian: сачкова́ть (sačkovátʹ) — to procrastinate
• Serbo-Croatian: odugovlačiti — to procrastinate
• Spanish: haraganear — to procrastinate
• Spanish: flojear — to procrastinate
• Finnish: löysäillä — to refuse to exert effort
• German: (anstrengende) Arbeit scheuen — to refuse to exert effort
• Ancient Greek: βλακεύω (blakeúō) — to refuse to exert effort
• Māori: tūkeke — to refuse to exert effort
• Russian: лени́ться (lenítʹsja) — to refuse to exert effort
• Spanish: aflojarse — to refuse to exert effort
• Spanish: relajarse — to refuse to exert effort
• Spanish: estar a la bartola — to refuse to exert effort
• Spanish: flojear — to refuse to exert effort
• Spanish: aflojar — to refuse to exert effort
• Spanish: huevonear — to refuse to exert effort
• Spanish: huevear — to refuse to exert effort
• Spanish: güevear — to refuse to exert effort
• Spanish: güevonear — to refuse to exert effort