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Definition of Slacking
1. Noun. The evasion of work or duty.
Generic synonyms: Dodging, Escape, Evasion
Derivative terms: Goldbrick, Shirk, Slack, Slack
Definition of Slacking
1. Verb. (present participle of slack) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slacking
1. slack [v] - See also: slack
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slacking
Literary usage of Slacking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rudimentary Treatise on Limes, Cements, Mortars, Concretes, Mastics by George Rowdon Burnell (1900)
"ON THE slacking OF LIMES. THERE are three methods of slacking lime, with respect
to the relative merits of which chemists are even now at issue. ..."
2. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1823)
"Inflammation of Gunpowder ly the Heat of slacking Lime. To determine whether the
heat given out during the slacking of lime was sufficient to fire gunpowder ..."
3. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1823)
"... the Heat of slacking Lime. To determine whether the heat given out during the
slacking of lime was ..."
4. An American at Oxford by John Corbin (1902)
"slacking ON THE ISIS AND THE CHERWELL THE dual development of college and
university, with all its organic coordinations, exists also in the sports of ..."
5. An American at Oxford by John Corbin (1902)
"slacking ON THE ISIS AND THE CHERWELL THE dual development of college and
university, with all its organic coordinations, exists also in the sports of ..."
6. Sporting Adventures in the New World, Or, Days and Nights of Moose-hunting by Campbell Hardy (1855)
"A Cure for Indigestion—Plenty of Game—A Wounded Moose—Following the Trail—Death
of the Moose— Cutting up—slacking the Carcase—A Haul of . ..."
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