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SLACKING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The evasion of work or duty
Synonyms:
goldbricking; goofing off; shirking; slacking; soldiering
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
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)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb slack
