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slack-ass

slack-ass is the alternative form of slack ass.

Meaning of slack ass

Noun

slack ass (plural slack asses)

  1. (Canada, US, slang, vulgar) Someone who is exceptionally lazy, careless, or irresponsible in their work or duties.
    • “It’s nothing to grin about, you slack ass,” Hopkinson snapped.1937, Compton Mackenzie, The East Wind Of Love, page 64

Forms of slack-ass

pluralslack-asses

Questions about slack-ass

What is slack-ass the alternative form of?
Slack-ass is the alternative form of slack ass.

Words near slack-ass in the dictionary

  1. slack tub
  2. slack tubs
  3. slack up
  4. slack variable
  5. slack variables
  6. slack-ass
  7. slack-handed
  8. slack-handedness
  9. slack-jawed
  10. slack-key
  11. slack-rope

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