slack off

English

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Verb

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

1. (intransitive, informal) 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.

Translations

to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 偷懶／偷懒 (zh) (tōulǎn)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: löysäillä, laiskotella (fi)
• French: (colloquial) glander (fr), (informal) tirer au flanc (fr), procrastiner (fr), atermoyer (fr)
• German: faulenzen (de), vernachlässigen (de)
• Japanese: 弛む (ja) (tarumu)
• Polish: odpuścić sobie
• Russian: отлынивать (ru) (otlynivatʹ)
• Spanish: holgazanear (es)

to decrease in intensity

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 減少／减少 (zh) (jiǎnshǎo), 下降 (zh) (xiàjiàng)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: laantua (fi)
• French: se calmer (fr), diminuer (fr)
• German: nachlassen (de)
• Japanese: 緩む (ja) (yurumu)
• Russian: ослабевать (ru) (oslabevatʹ)
• Spanish: decaer (es), disminuir (es), menguar (es)