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Railroading term
In railroading, slack action is the amount of free movement of one car before it transmits its motion to an adjoining coupled car. This free movement results
Slack_action
Semi-automatic railroad coupler
between their car's draft gear, eliminating the impact associated with slack action. The surge in North American freight car capacities in the latter 1900s
Janney_coupler
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Slack, slack, släck, or slacks in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Slack or Slacks may refer to: Slack, West Yorkshire, a village in Calderdale
Slack
Messaging software application
Slack is a cloud-based team communication platform developed by Slack Technologies, which has been owned by Salesforce since 2021. Slack uses a freemium
Slack_(software)
Vehicle containing a pivotal joint
wheel coupling Jackknifing Road train Semi-trailer Semi-trailer truck Slack action Trackless train Trailer bus "HGV Licence Cat C + E - HGV Driver Training
Articulated_vehicle
Permissible limit or limits of variation
error Precision engineering Probabilistic design Process capability Slack action Specification (technical standard) Statistical process control Statistical
Engineering_tolerance
Type of railroad car
loads, lower tare weight, and in the case of articulated units, reduced slack action. Well cars are most common in North America and Australia where intermodal
Well_car
Canadian software company
Slack Technologies, LLC is an American software company founded in 2009 in Vancouver, British Columbia, known for its proprietary communication platform
Slack_Technologies
Logistics and shipping company
cars in a set. This reduced the number of couplers, which reduced slack action. Slack is created in any train by the couplers between the cars being stretched
American_President_Lines
Mechanism for connecting rolling stock in a train
because: It made a loose connection between the cars, with too much slack action. There was no standard design, and train crews often spent hours trying
Railway_coupling
Parody religion created in the US in the 1970s
and the belief in absolute truths. The group holds that the quality of "Slack" is of utmost importance, but it is never clearly defined. The number of
Church_of_the_SubGenius
Diesel locomotive
A-B-B-A set to run long trains at faster speed. However, the resulting slack action on trains spanning several up-and-down gradients resulted in an excess
FM_Erie-built
Team collaboration application
growth during the COVID-19 pandemic, alongside competitors such as Zoom, Slack, and Google Meet, as organizations shifted to remote work and virtual meetings
Microsoft_Teams
1978 film by James Fargo
an orangutan is the least of Every Which Way But Loose's problems—a slack action-comedy with a haphazardly assembled story." The soundtrack album included
Every_Which_Way_but_Loose
Vehicle and trailer coupling
coupler or the Russian SA3 coupler. The use of a drawbar eliminates slack action. MR-90 MR-63 MR-73 MPM-10 Drawgear Ballast tractor Drawbar force gauge
Drawbar_(haulage)
Type of lawsuit
A class action, also known as a class-action lawsuit, class suit, or representative action, is a type of lawsuit where a person or small group of people
Class_action
Class of 60 American 2-6-6-6 locomotives
railroad due to yard and siding track length and to prevent unwanted slack action during braking from snapping couplers and breaking trains apart. Were
Chesapeake_and_Ohio_class_H-8
Canadian poet and critic
Guesswork. Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions. 2011. ISBN 0-86492-621-9 Slack Action. Porcupine's Quill, 2013. Fluke Print. Porcupine's Quill, 2018. Granted:
Jeffery_Donaldson
Type of railcar coupler
mainline passenger rail cars. They have mechanical features that reduce slack in normal operation and prevent telescoping in derailments, yet remain compatible
Tightlock_coupling
2023 war film
American action war film produced and directed by Mark Earl Burman and written by Burman, Michael McClung, Johnny Lozano, and Dillon Slack. It stars
Ambush_(2023_film)
for a restricted classification and the engineer failed to control the slack action of the train while transiting changes in grades. July 7 – United States
List of rail accidents (1980–1989)
List_of_rail_accidents_(1980–1989)
American software company
initial public offering in 2004. Its major acquisitions included Tableau and Slack. As of March 2026, Salesforce has a market capitalization of approximately
Salesforce
the original GWR's Skipper livery, also known as Chocolate and Cream. Slack action Looseness in a train caused by mating clearances in couplers Slam-door
Glossary of United Kingdom railway terms
Glossary_of_United_Kingdom_railway_terms
Form of train incident
handling (snatches due to sudden traction or braking forces, referred to as slack action in North America). Broken rails are a leading cause of derailments. According
Derailment
US Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
Clayton Kirk Slack (February 23, 1896 – March 1, 1976) was a soldier in the United States Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during World
Clayton_K._Slack
List of terminology used in North American railroading
railway lines, allowing a train to pass another Skate A wheel chock Slack action (US) Looseness in a train caused by mating clearances in couplers Slug
Glossary of North American railroading
Glossary_of_North_American_railroading
American filmmaker and actor (born 1985)
(March 14, 2022). "Deep Water review – erotic thriller loves Ben Affleck's slack-jawed look". The Guardian. Retrieved June 4, 2023. Galuppo, Mia (October
Sam_Levinson
Confederate States Army general (1816–1862)
beginning in 1846. He saw action at the Battle of Embudo Pass and the Siege of Pueblo de Taos. Returning to a legal career, Slack became influential in his
William_Y._Slack
2003 Thai martial arts film
Media. Retrieved 2014-03-06. "Ong Bak". Metacritic. Jack Slack (October 20, 2014). "Jack Slack: Ong Bak in the Real World". Vice. Archived from the original
Ong-Bak
American mixed martial artist (born 1987)
Archived from the original on July 10, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2018. Slack, Jack (November 6, 2012). "UFC Macao Judo Chop: Cung Le and MMA's Best Kickers"
Jon_Jones
American animated television series
television series created by Glen Murakami, who developed the series with David Slack and Sam Register. Based on the DC Comics superhero team Teen Titans, it
Teen_Titans_(TV_series)
April 14, 2026. Murray, Robin (March 25, 2026). "Om Unit hits up Local Action for new Oracles EP". Clash. Retrieved March 27, 2026. Murray, Robin (April
List_of_2026_albums
British politician
resists Manchester's possible entry into Tier 3 lockdown and warns of legal action". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 16 October 2020. Retrieved
Andy_Burnham
Method to solve optimization problems
wm) denote the corresponding primal slack variables, and let (z1, z2, ... , zn) denote the corresponding dual slack variables. Then x and y are optimal
Linear_programming
British computer programmer and author
company whose internal tool transitioned into Slack. Henderson's connection to Stewart Butterfield and Slack began through a game developed by Butterfield's
Cal_Henderson
2005 post-apocalyptic horror film by George A. Romero
prostitute named Slack being forced into a cage with some zombies to entertain guests. Riley and his best friend Charlie rescue Slack; after Charlie kills
Land_of_the_Dead
Award ceremony for films of 2023
banter was better than usual, and when it failed, personality took up the slack." Regarding Kimmel's performance as host, he commented that he was "a reliable
96th_Academy_Awards
essential that the loop of slack film be maintained at all times ready for the intermittingly-acting device and also that the slack-manipulating and the
Latham_loop
Mechanism that activates a gun
small lever attached to the rear of the trigger. This takes up the trigger slack (or "take-up") in the trigger and allows for a much lighter trigger pull
Trigger_(firearms)
American actress (born 1982)
Archived from the original on January 4, 2018. Retrieved January 4, 2018. Slack, Megan (March 25, 2025). "Anne Hathaway's property portfolio – from a California
Anne_Hathaway
Upcoming video game
week, said they had downloaded the files directly from Rockstar's internal Slack groups, and threatened to publish source code, assets, and internal builds
Grand_Theft_Auto_VI
2025 American action comedy film by Tim Story
unbalanced, it's left to a game Keke Palmer and Eva Longoria to pick up the slack as The Pickup puts down too little." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average
The_Pickup_(film)
Level of availability of a resource
Resource slack, in the business and management literature, is the level of availability of a resource. Resource slack can be considered as the opposite
Resource_slack
newspaper route manager, comes by to talk to Jim. He tells Jim that Bud is slacking in his paper delivery route and there have been numerous complaints. Mr
List of Father Knows Best episodes
List_of_Father_Knows_Best_episodes
Irish mixed martial artist (born 1988)
Play-by-Play & Updates". Sherdog. "UFC 196: McGregor vs Diaz". FightMetric. Slack, Jack (7 March 2016). "Death of a Southpaw: How Conor McGregor Lost to Nate
Conor_McGregor
Rock climbing safety technique using ropes
the distance of the slack or unprotected rope before the friction applied by the belayer starts to slow their descent. Too much slack on the rope increases
Belaying
the train, and effectively prevented the rough riding caused by the slack action. About 300 vans were modified on a rotating basis; a van shell would
Victorian Railways fixed wheel passenger carriages
Victorian_Railways_fixed_wheel_passenger_carriages
American rock musician (born 1965)
Novoselic and Grohl partnered with Paul McCartney on the song "Cut Me Some Slack", which was composed specially for the soundtrack of the documentary Sound
Krist_Novoselic
Cameroonian mixed martial artist and boxer (born 1986)
2017 MMA Awards - MMASucka". Retrieved 19 January 2026. Jack Slack (4 January 2022). Jack Slack Podcast 68: The 2021 Slacky Awards. Retrieved 20 January 2026
Francis_Ngannou
List of films featuring Russell Crowe
superhero epic Man of Steel, the 2014 biblical fantasy drama Noah, and the 2016 action comedy The Nice Guys. In 2014, he made his directorial debut with the drama
Russell_Crowe_filmography
Filipino-American actress (born 1967)
featured Grammy Award-winning record producer Daniel Ho accompanying her on slack-key guitar and ukulele. The album was nominated for a 2008 Grammy Award
Tia_Carrere
2022 film by Jalmari Helander
Aatami impales one of his wounds onto protruding rebar, giving him the slack he needs to save his life, though he is still left hanging. Some time later
Sisu_(film)
American politician (1917–2010)
organizing and leading a local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1940s, an action he later described as "the greatest mistake I ever made". He then served
Robert_Byrd
American basketball player and analyst (born 1972)
Show. In September 2012, O'Neal made a guest appearance on Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA)'s Impact Wrestling program, where he had a backstage segment
Shaquille_O'Neal
Military unit
2017. Slack, p. 1 Slack, p. 2 Slack, p. 3 Slack, p. 5 Slack, p. 8 Slack, p. 11 Slack, p. 12 Frothingham, p. 150 Slack, p. 13 Slack, p. 15 Slack, p. 20
63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot
63rd_(West_Suffolk)_Regiment_of_Foot
BBC adaptation of the novels by Agatha Christie starring Joan Hickson
(later Superintendent) Slack, played by David Horovitch; the second is Constable (later Sergeant) Lake, played by Ian Brimble. Slack and Lake appear in five
Miss_Marple_(TV_series)
2025 Hong Kong film by Ng Yuen-fai and Jack Lai
a 2025 Hong Kong historical science fiction action film directed by Ng Yuen-fai and Jack Lai, with action directed by Sammo Hung. The film is a legacy
Back_to_the_Past_(film)
Charity of the UK and Ireland
Commission chairman issues charity pay warning". BBC News. 6 August 2013. Slack, Becky (28 October 2013). "Justifying the value of your chief executive"
Christian_Aid
(as Mrs. Johnson), and James Purcell (as Wally Zawicky). Co-starring Ben Slack (as Store Owner), Bronwyn Thomas (as Michelle), E. Danny Murphy (as Pool
List of Fame (1982 TV series) episodes
List_of_Fame_(1982_TV_series)_episodes
American animated sitcom
duo's boss Benson, a gumball machine. Mordecai and Rigby spend their days slacking off and avoiding work to entertain themselves by any means, which unexpectedly
Regular_Show
Capital city of Canada
half-marathons, mountain bike & running races. Retrieved 24 August 2024. Enid Slack; Rupak Chattopadhyay (2009). Finance and Governance of Capital Cities in
Ottawa
Angling technique where a spinning lure is used to entice the fish to bite
involves imparting a zigzag motion to a spinner or lure. This action is achieved by creating slack in the line before and after each jerk, allowing for a crisp
Spin_fishing
Mass shooting in Alabama, U.S.
Archived from the original on February 22, 2010. Retrieved February 19, 2010. Slack, Donovan; Murphy, Shelley (February 26, 2010). "Suggestion of intent in
2010 University of Alabama in Huntsville shooting
2010_University_of_Alabama_in_Huntsville_shooting
Swedish audio streaming service
engineer in Malmö, set up the channel #kollektivavtal in the internal company Slack, which means "collective agreement" in Swedish. The channel grew to 2,000
Spotify
2002 murder in Modesto, California, US
prosecutors criticized March for a typo in his report, he remarked, "Cut me some slack." One juror was removed and replaced during deliberations due to misconduct
Murder_of_Laci_Peterson
Mexican mixed martial artist (born 1993)
Pantoja III". Combat Press. Retrieved January 4, 2026. Jack Slack (January 4, 2022). Jack Slack Podcast 68: The 2021 Slacky Awards. Retrieved January 20
Brandon_Moreno
Semi-automatic pistol
single action mode, where the slack on the trigger is much shorter, but the point of release feels the same. In order to deactivate Single-Action or Anti-Stress
Walther_P99
American multinational technology conglomerate
2025, Amazon suspended an employee who posted messages to the company's Slack and wrote a letter to Andy Jassy criticizing Nimbus. On July 22, 2025, Amazon
Amazon_(company)
American basketball player (born 1989)
to six weeks due to a staph infection in his right elbow. He returned to action on March 15 after missing 15 games to record 11 points and 11 rebounds in
Blake_Griffin
American-Hong Kong animated television series
July 8, 2005. The series focuses on a fictionalized version of Hong Kong action film star Jackie Chan, who operates in life as an archaeologist and special
Jackie_Chan_Adventures
American media and entertainment conglomerate
1.1 TB of Disney Slack Messages". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved July 17, 2024. "California Man Pleads Guilty to 2024 Disney Slack Hack". PCMAG. May
The_Walt_Disney_Company
Namespace identifier assigned by IANA
documentation". Valve Developer Community Wiki. "Reference: Deep linking into Slack". Slack API. ""trueconf:" Protocol Designed to Interact with TrueConf Client
List_of_URI_schemes
2026 video game
electrified walls by driving her chainsaw through them. Throughout the game are "slack off" areas in which Slicer P can relax and converse with Orbie. The player
Motorslice
Nguni language of eastern South Africa and neighbouring countries
isekhondi /iːsekʰoːndi/ "second", ibhayisikili /iːbajisikiːli/ "bicycle". The slack-voiced consonants are depressor consonants. These have a lowering effect
Zulu_language
2010 American television series
stories... it's small wonder that sex and violence are used to take up the slack." Robert Lloyd of the Los Angeles Times wrote that John Hannah as Batiatus
Spartacus_(TV_series)
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016
domestically and internationally, and supported—quite rightly in my view—the action to remove the Taliban regime from Afghanistan." Cameron determinedly attempted
David_Cameron
Major League Baseball team season
out just one Boston batter – but the Angels' bullpen would pick up the slack by striking out a combined nine Sox, especially in key offensive situations
2025_Boston_Red_Sox_season
Watlington) CAIR Action (co-endorsement with Slack-Mayfield and Watlington) Equality North Carolina PAC (co-endorsement with Mitchell, Slack-Mayfield, and
2025 Charlotte City Council election
2025_Charlotte_City_Council_election
Newspaper in Bristol, Virginia, US
spurring remedial action by state lawmakers." The beginning of the present Bristol Herald Courier came in August 1865. That was when John Slack founded the
Bristol_Herald_Courier
mechanical gearbox, as the loads vary widely from second to second as the slack action runs in and out. Only on very small locomotives, pulling a limited number
Maumelle Ordnance Works Locomotive 1
Maumelle_Ordnance_Works_Locomotive_1
International youth movement for climate action
coordinated on a state-by-state level and communicated autonomously within Slack groups and spreading their messages using flyers and social media. By February
Fridays_for_Future
1983 Hong Kong film by Chan Chuen
them in his pants. You learn he was one of the boys. The other is Lung's slacking cousin Tung (Austin Wai) who uses windmill-driven levers to deliver things
Fearless_Hyena_Part_II
Creation of a whole that is greater than the simple sum of its parts
Synergie; from συν, 'with', and εργον, 'work'. A correlation or concourse of action between different organs in health; and, according to some, in disease.
Synergy
2024 film by S.K. Dale
isn't terrible and has some believable situations, but it's also a bit slack and suffers from comparisons to similar, better movies." "Subservience (15)"
Subservience
2011 video game
being the basis of Slack, which would go on to become a major corporate communication platform. Tiny Speck was later renamed Slack Technologies, reflecting
Glitch_(video_game)
American judge (1814–1902)
the town of Owego and set up a millinery business. Esther married Artemus Slack, an engineer for the railroad, in 1841. In May 1843, her husband died. Angry
Esther_Hobart_Morris
ISBN 978-0-02-864373-1. Retrieved 2 May 2015. Peavey, Robert E. Praying for Slack: A Marine Corps Tank Commander in Viet Nam. Zenith Imprint. p. 264. ISBN 978-1-61673-745-0
List_of_ethnic_slurs
American truck series
with emergency locking retractors; a center lap safety belt was used, with slack adjustment. For 1977, Ford and Dodge would follow suit, adding the same
Chevrolet C/K (third generation)
Chevrolet_C/K_(third_generation)
1959 war film by Michael McCarthy
" Filmink wrote "The movie had a terrific premise... but is done in by slack handling from director Michael McCarthy." Director Michael McCarthy died
Operation_Amsterdam
Playground game and outdoor sports
British Bulldog vanishing from schools on BBC News, London 2011. David Slack: Bring back Bullrush! on stuff News, Auckland 2015. David Wallace Booth:
British_bulldog_(game)
American social media company (2006–2023)
October 16, 2019. Retrieved April 23, 2017. "Twitter Acquires and Shuts Down Slack Competitor Quill". HYPEBEAST. December 8, 2021. Archived from the original
Twitter,_Inc.
Act of conveying or directing something
Retrieved 24 October 2011. Rodrigue, Jean-Paul; Claude Comtois; Brian Slack (2009). "The "Last Mile" in Freight Distribution". The Geography of Transport
Sending
Erectile female sexual organ
pseudo-penis is stretched and loses much of its original aspects; it becomes a slack-walled and reduced prepuce with an enlarged orifice with split lips. Approximately
Clitoris
American actress and businesswoman (born 1972)
has a vivid, passionate presence, even when her lively features have gone slack with depression and her bright blue eyes have glazed over." In 2004, she
Gwyneth_Paltrow
2021 video game
bouncing around inside a 20-hour plus slog. That may not sound like too much slack, but it's enough to deaden the momentum on the whole." Nintendo World Report's
Eastward_(video_game)
British actress
Channel 5 animated children's series Peppa Pig.[when?] She made her live action television debut in an episode of the ITV police procedural Law & Order:
Leila_Farzad
2019 TV series or program
52nd Annual AWGIE Awards in the "Animation" category, with writer Joel Slack-Smith as a recipient, before the series premiered in Australia. It lost
Berry_Bees_(TV_series)
their muscles so they can grow back stronger. He does not tolerate any slacking off, and is willing to physically punish students who are not "Plus Ultra"
List of My Hero Academia characters
List_of_My_Hero_Academia_characters
2001 film by Robert Rodriguez
Mike Judge portrays Donnagon Giggles, George Clooney portrays Devlin, Kara Slack portrays Carmen's friend Leticia, Eve Sabara portrays 'Intruder' Spy Kid
Spy_Kids_(film)
Video game series and media franchise
Hardcore Gamer said the game has an "uncanny ability to leave its players slack-jawed at the sights of the unraveling plot points." Destructoid praised
Danganronpa
SLACK ACTION
SLACK ACTION
Boy/Male
Czechoslovakian
Black.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Lake.North German : variant of Laack.Hungarian : from a short form of the personal name László (see Laszlo).
Surname or Lastname
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for a maker of sacks or bags, from Old English sacc, Middle High German sack, German Sack ‘sack’. Bahlow also suggests someone who carried sacks.German : topographic from Middle High German sack ‘sack’, ‘end of a valley or area of cultivation’.Dutch : from a reduced form of the personal name Zacharias.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : from an acronym of the Hebrew phrase Zera Keshodim ‘Seed of the Holy’ (referring to martyred ancestors), or from a short form of the personal name Isaac.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, English
Dark; Dark Skinned
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably from Middle English flack, flak ‘turf’, ‘sod’ (as found in the place name Flatmoor, in Cambridgeshire), and hence perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a turf cutter.North German : topographic name probably derived from a lost word denoting stagnant water.
Girl/Female
Egyptian Greek American
Black.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Black
Girl/Female
Egyptian Greek American
Black.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old Norse personal name Spakr.Respelling of Jewish, Ukrainian, and Belorussian Shpak, a nickname from Ukrainian and Belorussian shpak ‘starling’. In the case of Jewish bearers, it is generally an ornamental name.
Girl/Female
Egyptian Greek
Black.
Boy/Male
Native American
Black.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Black
Surname or Lastname
Scottish and English
Scottish and English : from Middle English blak(e) ‘black’ (Old English blæc, blaca), a nickname given from the earliest times to a swarthy or dark-haired man.Scottish and English : from Old English blÄc ‘pale’, ‘fair’, i.e. precisely the opposite meaning to 1, and a variant of Blake 2. Blake and Black are found more or less interchangeably in several surnames and place names.English : variant of Blanc as a Norman name. The pronunciation of the nasalized vowel gave considerable difficulty to English speakers, and its quality was often ignored.Scottish and Irish : translation of various names from Gaelic dubh ‘black’ (see Duff).Danish and Swedish : generally, probably the English and Scottish name, but in some cases perhaps a variant spelling of Blak, a nickname from blak ‘black’.In some cases, a translation of various names meaning ‘black’, for example German and Jewish Schwarz.
Girl/Female
Egyptian Greek
Black.
Girl/Female
Indian
Black.
Girl/Female
Australian, Christian, Finnish, German, Latin, Swedish
Jet Black; Black Germ; Jet-black Gemstone; Coal Black
Boy/Male
English
Dark.
Surname or Lastname
English and Dutch
English and Dutch : nickname for an idle person, from Middle Dutch slac, Middle English slack, ‘lazy’, ‘careless’.English : topographic name from northern Middle English slack ‘shallow valley’ (Old Norse slakki), or a habitational name from one of the places named with this word, for example near Stainland and near Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire.Scottish (Dumfriesshire) : habitational name, maybe from Slake or Slack in Roberton, Roxburghshire (now part of Borders region).It may also be an Americanized spelling of Slovenian Slak, a nickname from slak ‘bindweed’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a Middle English personal name Clac, which is from Old English Clacc or the Old Norse cognate Klakkr. As a personal name this is from a word meaning ‘lump’ and may have been used as a nickname for a large or thickset man. Reaney suggests that it could also be from clacker ‘chatterer’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a large, well-built man, from Middle English stack ‘haystack’ (from Old Norse stakkr). The surname is now less common in England than in Ireland (especially County Kerry), where it was first taken in the 13th century; it has been Gaelicized Stac.German : variant of Staack.Americanized form of Polish or Czech Stach.
SLACK ACTION
SLACK ACTION
Boy/Male
Assamese, Indian
Flute; Lord Krishna; Flash of Lightning
Boy/Male
Hindu
Conqueror, Arjun
Girl/Female
Spanish
Purification.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Sweet Basil, Favored by God
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
Attracted; Impressing
Girl/Female
Tamil
Brundha | பரஂதா, பரஂதாÂ
God name
Girl/Female
Native American
Spider woman at middle age.
Boy/Male
British, English
Friend of the North
Boy/Male
Czech
Great glory.
Female
English
 Feminine form of English Shane, SHAYNE means "God is gracious." Compare with another form of Shayne.
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n.
A black garment or dress; as, she wears black
a.
To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.
n.
Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery.
v. t.
To put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn.
n.
The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or of a sail.
superl.
Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack rope.
superl.
Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand.
superl.
Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service.
n.
A black pigment or dye.
superl.
Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as, business is slack.
a.
Having black eyes.
a.
In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds.
a.
A data structure within random-access memory used to simulate a hardware stack; as, a push-down stack.
adv.
As if with a smack or slap.
a.
Black as jet; deep black.
n.
To have a smack; to be tinctured with any particular taste.
a.
As black as coal; jet black; very black.
adv.
Slackly; as, slack dried hops.
n.
A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races.