Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slacked

/slˈækt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English

Syllables: slacked
IPA: /slˈækt/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Dressed in slacks.

verb

simple past and past participle of slack

Example Sentences

"“I’ll never forget the day the real-estate man called to tell me this place was for sale!” Carole screamed, pulling her slacked legs up under her chin, locking her arms around them."
"It has moved from Negro slavery to a most inclusive theoretical equality before the law; from the seclusion and limitation of women to women’s suffrage and to the slacked woman-worker in factories."
"[Y]oung and old, wives, mothers, fathers meet in promenade, determined to exact each ounce of pleasure from the teeming street, toddlers in harness, women bloused and slacked, […]"

Etymology

From slack (attributive form of slacks) + -ed (“having”).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: slack#Noun slacks >

Derived Forms

unslacked

Rhymes With

fact act impact attacked exact packed backed attract react abstract interact cracked

Questions

How do you pronounce slacked?: The recorded pronunciation is /slˈækt/.
What does slacked mean?: Dressed in slacks.
Where does slacked come from?: From slack (attributive form of slacks) + -ed (“having”).

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