slacks en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(form-of, plural) plural of slack
form of slack
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(plural, plural-only) Semi-formal trousers which are less formal than those that are part of a suit but nowadays are considered suitable casualwear in most offices. (Takes a plural verb even when referring to a single pair; may be referred to as a pair of slacks.)
Discipline, that’s what we need. Discipline. How are we going to win the war without discipline? Do you know, sir, some of these fellows come on parade in slacks - so I’ve been told. Can’t expect to win a war that way. Slacks! My God!
1941, Agatha Christie, N or M?:For a change, Selina was not in slacks, but in a simple dirndl and sandals.
1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 60:Not five minutes later, Zooey, with his hair combed wet, stood wet, stood barefoot at the washbowl, wearing a pair of beltless dark-gray sharkskin slacks, a face towel across his bare shoulders.
1957, J. D. Salinger, “Zooey”, in Franny and Zooey, published 1961:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| slack | attributive | lexicographic |
Translations (12)
ar بِنْطال (Semi-formal trousers not part of a suit) · pdt Bekjsen (Semi-formal trousers not part of a suit) · pl swobodne spodnie (Semi-formal trousers not part of a suit) · ar سِرْوال (Semi-formal trousers not part of a suit) · chr ᎠᏑᎶ (Semi-formal trousers not part of a suit) · ru слаксы́ (Semi-formal trousers not part of a suit) · de Slacks (Semi-formal trousers not part of a suit) · ga treabhsar (Semi-formal trousers not part of a suit) · ar سَراوِيلُ (Semi-formal trousers not part of a suit) · ga bríste (Semi-formal trousers not part of a suit) · ar بَنْطَلُونات (Semi-formal trousers not part of a suit) · ar بَنْطَلُون (Semi-formal trousers not part of a suit)