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Slack vs Fiddlefart - What's the difference?

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Slack is a synonym of fiddlefart.


As nouns the difference between slack and fiddlefart

is that slack is (uncountable) small coal; coal dust while fiddlefart is used as a singlular reply to someone else's statement indicating that you think their statement was nonsense.

As verbs the difference between slack and fiddlefart

is that slack is to slacken while fiddlefart is to linger aimlessly; to look busy while accomplishing nothing.

As an adjective slack

is lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended.

As an adverb slack

is slackly.

As an interjection fiddlefart is

used to express aggravation, anger or frustration.

slack

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) Small coal; coal dust.
    • (Raymond)
  • (countable) A valley, or small, shallow dell.
  • (uncountable) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
    • The slack of a rope or of a sail.
  • (countable) A tidal marsh or shallow, that periodically fills and drains.

    • Synonyms

    * culm * (tidal marsh) slough

    Derived terms

    * (coal dust) nutty slack

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended.
    • a slack rope
  • Weak; not holding fast.
    • a slack hand
  • Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
    • slack in duty or service
  • * Bible, 2 Peter iii. 9
    • The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness.
  • Not violent, rapid, or pressing.
    • Business is slack .
  • * {{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
    • , title=Well Tackled! , chapter=3 citation , passage=“They know our boats will stand up to their work,” said Willison, “and that counts for a good deal. A low estimate from us doesn't mean scamped work, but just for that we want to keep the yard busy over a slack time.”}}
  • (slang, West Indies) vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music

    • Synonyms

    * slow, moderate, easy

    Derived terms

    * slack-jawed

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Slackly.
    • slack dried hops

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To slacken.
  • * Robert South
    • In this business of growing rich, poor men should slack their pace.
  • (obsolete) To mitigate; to reduce the strength of.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.7:
    • Ne did she let dull sleepe once to relent, / Nor wearinesse to slack her hast, but fled / Ever alike [...].
  • to procrastinate; to be lazy
  • to refuse to exert effort
  • To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.
    • Lime slacks .

    Derived terms

    * skive off

    Anagrams

    * *

    fiddlefart

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Used to express aggravation, anger or frustration.
    • Oh, fiddlefart !

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Used as a singlular reply to someone else's statement indicating that you think their statement was nonsense
    • He said the Jabberwok was real. Fiddlefart !
  • false or untrue
    • ''Her response to the news was, "Fiddlefart . I don't believe it!".

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To linger aimlessly; to look busy while accomplishing nothing.
    • Stop fiddlefarting around and come to supper!

    Synonyms

    * goof off * slack * nonsense