Definition of Slacking

Noun: slacking slak-ing

The evasion of work or duty
- shirking, soldiering, goofing off [N. Amer], goldbricking [N. Amer]

Verb: slack slak

Avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
Be inattentive to, or neglect
"He slacks his attention"
Release tension on
"slack the rope"
Make less active or fast
"He slacked his pace as he got tired";
- slacken, slack up, relax
Become slow or slower
- slow, slow down, slow up, slacken
Make less active or intense
- slake, abate
Become less in amount or intensity
"The storm slacked off";
- abate, let up, slack off, die away
Cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water
"slack lime";
- slake