Betekenis van:
slack
slack
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- a stretch of water without current or movement
"suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless"
Synoniemen
Hyperoniemen
slack
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely
"he took up the slack"
Hyperoniemen
slack
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
"a gradual slack in output"
Synoniemen
Hyperoniemen
slack
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
Hyperoniemen
slack
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
- flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide
"slack water"
Voorbeeldzinnen
- Cut me some slack.
- Cut Tom some slack.
- Let's cut Tom some slack.
- Why don't you cut Tom some slack?
- Tom didn't cut Mary any slack.
- Why don't you cut Tom a little slack?
- It is important that no one is allowed to slack off on their assigned work.
- Cut him some slack, John. It's his first day on the job.
- Because my nephew was still young, they cut him some slack.
- We tend to slack off after many hours of hard work.
- Slack adjuster
- Slack wax (petroleum); Slack wax
- Slack wax (petroleum), acid-treated; Slack wax
- Slack wax (petroleum), clay-treated; Slack wax
- Slack wax (petroleum), hydrotreated; Slack wax