Meanings
verbslack off (third-person singular simple present slacks off, present participle slacking off, simple past and past participle slacked off)
present singular third person slacks off · participle present slacking off · participle past slacked off · past slacked off
- informalintransitiveTo 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.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 偷懶 /偷懒, 減少 /减少
- 偷懶 /偷懒 (tōulǎn)to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study
- 減少 /减少 (jiǎnshǎo)to decrease in intensity
- 下降 (xiàjiàng)to decrease in intensity
Finnish löysäillä, laiskotella
- löysäilläto be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study
- laiskotellato be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study
- laantuato decrease in intensity
French glander, tirer au flanc
- glanderto be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study
- tirer au flancto be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study
- procrastinerto be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study
- atermoyerto be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study
- se calmerto decrease in intensity
- diminuerto decrease in intensity
German faulenzen, vernachlässigen
- faulenzento be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study
- vernachlässigento be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study
- nachlassento decrease in intensity
Japanese 弛む, 緩む
- 弛む (tarumu)to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study
- 緩む (yurumu)to decrease in intensity
Polish obijać się, opierniczać się
- obijać sięto be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study
- opierniczać sięto be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study
- lenić sięto be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study
- zwalniać tempoto decrease in intensity
- zwolnić tempoto decrease in intensity
- słabnąćto decrease in intensity
- osłabnąćto decrease in intensity
Russian отлынивать, ослабевать
- отлынивать (otlynivatʹ)to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study
- ослабевать (oslabevatʹ)to decrease in intensity
Spanish holgazanear, ociosear
- holgazanearto be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study
- ociosearto be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study
- aflojarto be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study
- haraganearto be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study
- menguarto decrease in intensity
- amainarto decrease in intensity
Cite this entry
APA
slack off. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slack%20off
MLA
“slack off.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slack%20off. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slack off,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slack%20off.
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