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Slack vs Trouser - What's the difference?

slack | trouser |

As verbs the difference between slack and trouser

is that slack is while trouser is (transitive|british|ireland|informal) to put money into one's trouser pocket; to pocket.

As a noun trouser is

(used attributively as a modifier) of or relating to trousers.

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

    * *

    trouser

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to trousers.
  • trouser leg
  • (in clothing retail and fashion) A pair of trousers.
  • And this is our linen trouser , sir.

    Usage notes

    * Outside the clothing retail and fashion industries, the use of the noun (term) to refer to a pair of trousers is rare, and often considered pretentious.

    Derived terms

    * in the trouser department * trouser pocket * trouser snake

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (transitive, British, Ireland, informal) To put money into one's trouser pocket; to pocket.
  • (transitive, British, Ireland, informal) To legally remove funds from an organization for personal use.
  • (transitive, British, Ireland, informal) To secretively steal an item or money for personal use.
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  • Anagrams

    * routers