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slack

adjectiveaidiacht
1. loose, not taut
2. negligent, lax
3. slow, sluggish
4. not busy
5. of tide
nounAinmfhocal
6. extent of looseness
7. unused capacity, inefficiency
8. rest, respite
9. geographytíreolaíocht channel
10. small pieces of coal
verbbriathar
11. loosen
12. decrease, slow
13. avoid work
SubformsSainfhoirmeacha
PhrasesNathanna
 adjectiveaidiacht 1 loose, not tautscaoilte adj3  cmubog adj1  cmumarbh adj1  cmu a slack rope rópa scaoilte, téad mharbh a slack jaw béal ar leathadh 2 negligent, laxsiléigeach adj1  cmufaillitheach adj1  cmumíchúramach adj1  cmumíshlachtmhar adj1  cmu she got slacker in her work d'éirigh sí níos siléigí ina cuid oibre, ní raibh sí chomh dícheallach céanna ina cuid oibre he was too slack with them bhí sé róbhog orthu 3 slow, sluggishmall adj  cmumalltriallach adj1  cmu demand for them is slack tá an tarraingt orthu mall, níl mórán glaoch orthu the pace was slack to begin with bhí an luas mall ar dtús 4 not busyciúin adj1  cmu this is our slackest period is é seo an tréimhse is ciúine againn work is slack níl mórán oibre ag dul thart 5 of tide a slack tide maoltaoide fem4, marbhshruth masc3slack water nounAinmfhocal 6 extent of loosenessscaoilteacht fem3  cmu there's too much slack tá sé róscaoilte, níl sé teann go leor, níl sé rite go leorcut sb some slacktake up the slack 7 unused capacity, inefficiencyligean masc1  cmuscóip fem2  cmumairbhití fem4  cmu there's slack in the timetable tá am spártha san amchlár, tá scóip san amchlár we need to eliminate the slack in the organisation ní mór dúinn deireadh a chur leis an mí-éifeacht san eagraíocht, is gá dúinn deireadh a chur leis an lagú san eagraíocht 8 rest, respitescíth fem2  cmusos masc3  cmu there's no slack in his workload níl aon bhriseadh ina ualach oibre, níl maolú ar bith ar a ualach oibre 9 geographytíreolaíocht channellogán masc1 a dune slack lagán dumhcha 10 (also nó coal slack) small pieces of coalsmúdar guailsleaic fem2 verbbriathar 11 loosen transitiveaistreachscaoil verb  cmubog verb  cmu he slacked the rein scaoil sé an srian 12 decrease, slow intransitiveneamhaistreachmaolaigh verb  cmu her effort is slacking tá a hiarracht ag maolú, tá a hiarracht ag meath we can't afford to slack off ní féidir linn é a thógáil go bog, ní hacmhainn dúinn na maidí a ligean le sruth transitiveaistreachmaolaigh verb  cmu he slacked his pace mhaolaigh sé ar a luas 13 informalneamhfhoirmeálta avoid work intransitiveneamhaistreachobair a sheachaintcúrsaí a thógáil go bog the boss thinks he's slacking ceapann an bas go bhfuil sé ag seachaint oibre, ceapann an bas go bhfuil sé á thógáil go bog everyone slacks off on a Friday tógann gach aon duine breá bog ar an Aoine é, ligimid uile na maidí le sruth ar an Aoine SubformsSainfhoirmeacha → slacks PhrasesNathanna to cut sb some slack (also nó to give sb some slack) informalneamhfhoirmeáltasaoirse a thabhairt do dhuinescód a ligean le duinegabháil go réidh ar dhuine to take up the slack (also nó to pick up the slack) 1 compensate for others' neglectan t-ualach a iomparan bhris a thabhairt isteach the teachers try to take up the slack déanann na múinteoirí iarracht an t-ualach a iompar 2 reduce inefficiencycúngú ar an ligeangearradh siar ar an gcur amú 3 tighten rope etcteannadh  cmufáscadh  cmu the winch took up the slack in the rope theann an crann tochrais an rópa
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