Definition of Slacks

1. Noun. (usually in the plural) pants for casual wear.

Generic synonyms: Pant, Trouser
Language type: Plural, Plural Form

Definition of Slacks

1. Noun. (plural of slack) ¹

2. Noun. (pluralonly) Casual trousers. (Takes a plural verb even when singular, may be referred to as a pair of slacks) ¹

3. Verb. (third-person singular of slack) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Slacks

1. slack [v] - See also: slack

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slacks

slackeners
slackening
slackens
slacker
slackerdom
slackerish
slackerly
slackers
slackest
slacking
slackline
slacklining
slackly
slackness
slacknesses
slacks (current term)
slacktivism
sladang
sladangs
slade
slades
slae
slaes
slaframine
slaframine toxicosis
slag code
slag heap
slag heaps
slag off

Literary usage of Slacks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: From Gales and by United States Congress, Thomas Hart Benton (1859)
"Colonization of Free slacks. Mr. ALEXANDER of Virginia, moved to lay the resolution on the table; but withdrew his motion for a moment at the request of Mr. ..."

2. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1838)
"Mr. Thomas slacks, the inventor of the above ingenious arrangements, ... Mr. slacks states, that he took the idea of his own machinery solely from the ..."

3. Iron edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1838)
"Mr. Thomas slacks, the inventor of the above ingenious arrangements, ... Mr. slacks states, that he took the idea of his own machinery solely from the ..."

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