Slacker Definition

slăkər
slackers
noun
slackers
A person who shirks work or duty.
Webster's New World
A person who evades military service in wartime.
Webster's New World
A young person, typically in his or her twenties, variously regarded as idle, lazy, unambitious, etc.
Webster's New World

A person lacking a sense of direction in life; an underachiever.

Wiktionary
(very rare) A user of the Slackware Linux operating system.
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Noun

Singular:
slacker
Plural:
slackers

Origin of Slacker

  • From slack +"Ž -er; compare especially slack off.

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Slacker Sentence Examples

  • You can feel these points as the rope going slacker.

  • Was he really just a " lazy slacker " who ought to " buck up "?

  • He complained that he had been portrayed as a " professional slacker " and being habitually concerned with supplying counterfeit goods at work.

  • In Nonfiction, a hack documentary filmmaker abuses the trust of a high school slacker and his family.

  • Gyllenhaal is excellent as Justine's angst-ridden younger beau, while Reilly plays her slacker spouse to perfection.

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Words Starting With

SSLSLA

Words Ending With

RERKER

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