slacking

«slacking» in Mova's school dictionary: being lazy and not doing work you should be doing — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb form — -ing form of slack (slack, slacks, slacked, slacking); noun (slacking)

meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) Slacking means being lazy and not doing work you should be doing. tree →

2) Slacking means getting looser or slower, like a rope or the wind (often «slackening»). tree →

sense in the lessons

In school life: «Stop slacking and finish your sums!» In work talk: «slacking off». Phrases: «slacking off», «no slacking», «caught slacking».

examples

• Stop slacking and get on with your work. tree →
• The coach said, «No slacking at training!» tree →
• He was caught slacking on his phone. tree →
• I've been slacking with my reading this week. tree →
• We can't afford to start slacking now. tree →

note

Informal. A person who slacks is a «slacker». The phrase «slack off» means the same as «slack».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «slacking» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.