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slack1 1. a. a patch of water without current b. a slackening of a current 2. Prosody (in sprung rhythm) the unstressed syllable or syllables slack2 small pieces of coal with a high ash content slack [slak] (engineering) Looseness or play in a mechanism, as the play in the trigger of a small-arms weapon. (geology) A hollow or depression between lines of shore dunes or in a sandbank or mudbank on a shore.
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Repetitive shots of drunk and drugged-out people dressed (or undressed) in crazy costumes wear thin after two hours, and the concert performances -- ranging from Radiohead to Melanie -- don't always pick up the slack. Eyes don't repair damaged photoreceptors because usually there are millions of others to pick up the slack. The English skills of the Chinese can only take them so far with sloppy American handwriting, and Native Americans can pick up the slack without leaving the reservation. |
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