name
Meaning 1
plural of Slack
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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Standard Lemma guide
slacks
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Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
plural of slack
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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noun
Meaning 3
Semi-formal trousers which are less formal than those that are part of a suit but nowadays are considered suitable casualwear in most offices. (Takes a plural verb even when referring to a single pair; may be referred to as a pair of slacks.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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verb
Meaning 4
third-person singular simple present indicative of slack
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
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noun
Meaning 5
(usually in the plural) pants for casual wear
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: trouser, pant
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: بِنْطال (binṭāl) — Semi-formal trousers not part of a suit
- Arabic: بَنْطَلُون (banṭalūn) — Semi-formal trousers not part of a suit
- Arabic: بَنْطَلُونات (banṭalūnāt) — Semi-formal trousers not part of a suit
- Arabic: سِرْوال (sirwāl) — Semi-formal trousers not part of a suit
- Arabic: سَراوِيلُ (sarāwīlu) — Semi-formal trousers not part of a suit
- Cherokee: ᎠᏑᎶ (asulo) — Semi-formal trousers not part of a suit
- German: Slacks — Semi-formal trousers not part of a suit
- Irish: bríste — Semi-formal trousers not part of a suit
- Irish: treabhsar — Semi-formal trousers not part of a suit
- Plautdietsch: Bekjsen — Semi-formal trousers not part of a suit
- Polish: swobodne spodnie — Semi-formal trousers not part of a suit
- Russian: слаксы́ (slaksý) — Semi-formal trousers not part of a suit