"slack off" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-slack off.wav Forms: slacks off [present, singular, third-person], slacking off [participle, present], slacked off [participle, past], slacked off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} slack off (third-person singular simple present slacks off, present participle slacking off, simple past and past participle slacked off)
  1. (intransitive, informal) To be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study. Tags: informal, intransitive Translations (to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study): 偷懶 (Chinese Mandarin), 偷懒 (tōulǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), löysäillä (Finnish), laiskotella (Finnish), glander [colloquial] (French), tirer au flanc [informal] (French), procrastiner (French), atermoyer (French), faulenzen (German), vernachlässigen (German), 弛む (tarumu) (Japanese), odpuścić sobie (Polish), отлынивать (otlynivatʹ) (Russian), holgazanear (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-slack_off-en-verb-9lpGBFW0 Disambiguation of "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study": 98 2
  2. (intransitive) To decrease in intensity; to ease off; to diminish; to die down. Tags: intransitive Translations (to decrease in intensity): 減少 (Chinese Mandarin), 减少 (jiǎnshǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 下降 (xiàjiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), laantua (Finnish), se calmer (French), diminuer (French), nachlassen (German), 緩む (yurumu) (Japanese), ослабевать (oslabevatʹ) (Russian), decaer (Spanish), disminuir (Spanish), menguar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-slack_off-en-verb-nvprBodv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "off": 8 92 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of 'to decrease in intensity': 2 98

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
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      "sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
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      "sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
      "word": "löysäillä"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
      "word": "laiskotella"
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      "sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
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      "sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
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      "word": "tirer au flanc"
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      "sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
      "word": "atermoyer"
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      "sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
      "word": "faulenzen"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
      "word": "vernachlässigen"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tarumu",
      "sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
      "word": "弛む"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
      "word": "odpuścić sobie"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otlynivatʹ",
      "sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
      "word": "отлынивать"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
      "word": "holgazanear"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to decrease in intensity",
      "word": "減少"
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      "roman": "jiǎnshǎo",
      "sense": "to decrease in intensity",
      "word": "减少"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "to decrease in intensity",
      "word": "下降"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to decrease in intensity",
      "word": "laantua"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to decrease in intensity",
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      "sense": "to decrease in intensity",
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      "sense": "to decrease in intensity",
      "word": "disminuir"
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