slack
adjective
1 adjective loose, not tautscaoilte adj3 bog adj1 marbh adj1 a slack rope rópa scaoilte, téad mharbha slack jaw béal ar leathadh 2 adjective negligent, laxsiléigeach adj1 faillitheach adj1 míchúramach adj1 míshlachtmhar adj1 she got slacker in her work d'éirigh sí níos siléigí ina cuid oibre, ní raibh sí chomh dícheallach céanna ina cuid oibrehe was too slack with them bhí sé róbhog orthuShow full entry
3 adjective slow, sluggishmall adj malltriallach adj1 demand for them is slack tá an tarraingt orthu mall, níl mórán glaoch orthuthe pace was slack to begin with bhí an luas mall ar dtús 4 adjective not busyciúin adj1 this is our slackest period is é seo an tréimhse is ciúine againnwork is slack níl mórán oibre ag dul thart 5 adjective of tidea slack tide maoltaoide fem4, marbhshruth masc3
noun
6 noun extent of loosenessscaoilteacht fem3 there's too much slack tá sé róscaoilte, níl sé teann go leor, níl sé rite go leor 7 noun unused capacity, inefficiencyligean masc1 scóip fem2 mairbhití fem4 there's slack in the timetable tá am spártha san amchlár, tá scóip san amchlárwe 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 noun rest, respitescíth fem2 sos masc3 there's no slack in his workload níl aon bhriseadh ina ualach oibre, níl maolú ar bith ar a ualach oibre 9 noun GEOG channellogán masc1a dune slack lagán dumhcha 10 (also coal slack) noun small pieces of coalsmúdar guailsleaic fem2verb
11 verb loosen TRANSITIVEscaoil verb bog verb he slacked the rein scaoil sé an srian 12 verb decrease, slow INTRANSITIVEmaolaigh verb her effort is slacking tá a hiarracht ag maolú, tá a hiarracht ag meathwe can't afford to slack off ní féidir linn é a thógáil go bog, ní hacmhainn dúinn na maidí a ligean le sruth
13 verb informal avoid work INTRANSITIVEobair a sheachaintcúrsaí a thógáil go bogthe boss thinks he's slacking ceapann an bas go bhfuil sé ag seachaint oibre, ceapann an bas go bhfuil sé á thógáil go bogeveryone slacks off on a Friday tógann gach aon duine breá bog ar an Aoine é, ligimid uile na maidí le sruth ar an Aoine