SLACKING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does slacking mean? 

• SLACKING (noun)
  The noun SLACKING has 1 sense:

1. the evasion of work or duty

  Familiarity information: SLACKING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLACKING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The evasion of work or duty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

goldbricking; goofing off; shirking; slacking; soldiering

Hypernyms ("slacking" is a kind of...):

dodging; escape; evasion (nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do)

Derivation:

slack (be inattentive to, or neglect)

slack (avoid responsibilities and work, be idle)

 Context examples 

Slacking away on the boom-tackle and hoisting an equivalent amount on the shears-tackle, I brought the butt of the mast into position directly over the hole in the deck.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I smiled in superior fashion, and, slacking off on one of the boom-guys and taking in on the other, swung the mast perfectly in the centre of the deck.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)