"slacker" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈslækɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-slacker.wav Forms: slackers [plural]
Rhymes: -ækə(ɹ) Etymology: From slack + -er; compare especially slack off. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|slack|er}} slack + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} slacker (plural slackers)
  1. One who procrastinates or is lazy.
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  2. A person lacking a sense of direction in life; an underachiever.
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  3. A member of a certain 1990s subculture associated with Generation X. Categories (topical): People
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  4. (dated, US) A person who seeks to avoid military service. Tags: US, dated
    Sense id: en-slacker-en-noun-PkQ1KIZp Categories (other): American English, Terms with German translations, Terms with Macedonian translations Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 30 37 12 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 8 25 29 26 12
  5. (rare, slang) A user of the Slackware Linux distribution. Tags: rare, slang
    Sense id: en-slacker-en-noun--RxtPwM0 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with German translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 37 34 8 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 30 37 12 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 8 25 29 26 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 31 38 10 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (procrastinating or lazy person): мързеливец (mǎrzelivec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), gandul [masculine] (Catalan), luiaard [masculine] (Dutch), velttoilija (Finnish), laiskimus (Finnish), paresseux [masculine] (French), feignasse [feminine] (French), tire-au-flanc [masculine] (French), glandeur [masculine] (French), Faulpelz [masculine] (German), בַּטְלָן (batlán) [masculine] (Hebrew), कामचोर (kāmcor) [masculine] (Hindi), lógós (Hungarian), vetelys (Ingrian), клошар (klošar) [masculine, slang] (Macedonian), inukorokoro (Maori), karioi (Maori), kaikora (Maori), leń [masculine] (Polish), leneș [masculine] (Romanian), безде́льник (bezdélʹnik) [masculine] (Russian), лентя́й (lentjáj) [masculine] (Russian), ло́дырь (lódyrʹ) [masculine] (Russian), procrastinador (Spanish), perezoso (Spanish), holgazán (Spanish), vago [masculine] (Spanish), huevón [Mexico, masculine] (Spanish), latmask [common-gender] (Swedish), slöfock [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'procrastinating or lazy person': 13 32 15 30 9

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          "ref": "2011 May 28, Catherine Rampell, quoting Carl Van Horn, “A Generation of Slackers? Not So Much”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "“I don’t think this is a generation of slackers,” said Carl Van Horn, a labor economist at Rutgers. “This image of the kid who goes off and skis in Colorado, I don’t think that’s the correct image. Today’s young people are very focused on trying to work hard and to get ahead.”",
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          "ref": "2005 December 18, Craig Modderno, “Slacker Dot-Com”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Kevin Smith wrote and directed the slacker hits “Clerks,” “Dogma” and “Chasing Amy,” but lately it is his other life—maintaining six Web sites that he describes as “devoted to my fans and my films”—that seems to consume him.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Clay Shirky, Cognitive Surplus, page 121:",
          "text": "Gen Xers were said to be lazy—“slackers” in the parlance of the time—who didn’t exhibit the straightforward work ethic of their predecessors.",
          "type": "quote"
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        "A member of a certain 1990s subculture associated with Generation X."
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        {
          "ref": "1918 September 10, “Take Slackers into Army”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "[S]everal hundred prisoners captured in North Jersey slacker raids last week and sent to this camp are being Inducted into military service today[…]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1943 September 29, C. P. Trussell, “Wheeler Assails Bureau ‘Slackers’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Senator Burton K. Wheeler opened his fight in the Senate today[…], raising the cry of \"slackers\" against deferred workers in Government establishments and industry.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "A person who seeks to avoid military service."
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        "(dated, US) A person who seeks to avoid military service."
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        {
          "ref": "1996 August 15, stephen benson, “Re: How broken is Infomagic's Redhat linux?”, in comp.os.linux.setup (Usenet):",
          "text": "I'm a slacker from way back btw",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002 January 15, Josh, “Re: slackware installation issue”, in comp.os.linux (Usenet):",
          "text": "Hope you become a happy slacker.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 May 16, Dan C, “Re: Distro Poll, what do you use?”, in alt.os.linux (Usenet):",
          "text": "Any real Slacker would know better than to top-post, AND post a bunch of HTML-crap to boot. You're not worthy.",
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        "(rare, slang) A user of the Slackware Linux distribution."
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      "roman": "mǎrzelivec",
      "sense": "procrastinating or lazy person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мързеливец"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "procrastinating or lazy person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gandul"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "procrastinating or lazy person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "luiaard"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "procrastinating or lazy person",
      "word": "velttoilija"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "procrastinating or lazy person",
      "word": "laiskimus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "procrastinating or lazy person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paresseux"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "procrastinating or lazy person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "feignasse"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "procrastinating or lazy person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tire-au-flanc"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "procrastinating or lazy person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glandeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "procrastinating or lazy person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Faulpelz"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "batlán",
      "sense": "procrastinating or lazy person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "בַּטְלָן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kāmcor",
      "sense": "procrastinating or lazy person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "कामचोर"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "procrastinating or lazy person",
      "word": "lógós"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "procrastinating or lazy person",
      "word": "vetelys"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "klošar",
      "sense": "procrastinating or lazy person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "клошар"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "procrastinating or lazy person",
      "word": "inukorokoro"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "procrastinating or lazy person",
      "word": "karioi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "procrastinating or lazy person",
      "word": "kaikora"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "procrastinating or lazy person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leń"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "procrastinating or lazy person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leneș"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bezdélʹnik",
      "sense": "procrastinating or lazy person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "безде́льник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lentjáj",
      "sense": "procrastinating or lazy person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лентя́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lódyrʹ",
      "sense": "procrastinating or lazy person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ло́дырь"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "procrastinating or lazy person",
      "word": "procrastinador"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "procrastinating or lazy person",
      "word": "perezoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "procrastinating or lazy person",
      "word": "holgazán"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "procrastinating or lazy person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vago"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "procrastinating or lazy person",
      "tags": [
        "Mexico",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "huevón"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "procrastinating or lazy person",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "latmask"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "procrastinating or lazy person",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "slöfock"
    }
  ],
  "word": "slacker"
}

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