"multislack" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: multislacks [present, singular, third-person], multislacking [participle, present], multislacked [participle, past], multislacked [past]
Etymology: Blend of multitask + slack Etymology templates: {{blend|en|multitask|slack}} Blend of multitask + slack Head templates: {{en-verb}} multislack (third-person singular simple present multislacks, present participle multislacking, simple past and past participle multislacked)
  1. (informal) To waste time while ostensibly working productively, especially by having multiple windows open simultaneously on a computer screen. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-multislack-en-verb-jqVQfrQ6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11
  2. (informal) To waste time in multiple ways at once. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-multislack-en-verb-JrQUWOOm Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: multi-slack

Inflected forms

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        "(informal) To waste time while ostensibly working productively, especially by having multiple windows open simultaneously on a computer screen."
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        "(informal) To waste time in multiple ways at once."
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