slack

About 2.98 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.

   the slack of a rope or of a sail

2. noun A dip in a surface.
3. noun In particular, a shallow dell or hollow; a dip in the surface of terrain, such as between hills.
4. noun A low-lying marsh or a pool, especially a tidal or intermittent one which periodically fills and drains.
5. noun Forbearance; lenience; gracious allowance.

   cut [someone] some slack [= cut them a break]

6. noun Unconditional listening attention given by client to patient.
7. noun Attributive form of slacks (“semi-formal trousers”).
8. adjective Lax; not tense; not firmly extended.

   a slack rope

Similar words

slow slack off slow up slow down slacken abate let up die away weak falloff

Often followed by

in and water time season variables of periods is

Word family

slacked slacker slackest slacking slackly slackness slacknesses slacks