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slacking off

slacking off is the present participle and gerund of slack off.

Meaning of slack off

Verb

slack off (third-person singular simple present slacks off, present participle slacking off, simple past and past participle slacked off)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study.
    • Emily is slacking off since this is her last semester; she completely stopped trying to make good grades.
  2. (intransitive) To decrease in intensity; to ease off; to diminish; to die down.
    • Thankfully the hail slacked off after a few minutes.

Questions about slacking off

What is slacking off the present participle and gerund of?
Slacking off is the present participle and gerund of slack off.

Words near slacking off in the dictionary

  1. slackest
  2. slackful
  3. slackhanded
  4. slackhandedness
  5. slacking
  6. slacking off
  7. slacking up
  8. slackish
  9. slackjawed
  10. slackline
  11. slacklined

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