slack off

slack off

English

Verb

slack off

1. (informal) To be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study.

   Emily is slacking off since this is her last semester; she completely stopped trying to make good grades.

2. To decrease in intensity; to ease off; to diminish; to die down.

   Thankfully the hail slacked off after a few minutes.

Translations

deliberately unproductive in one's work or study

Chinese: Mandarin: 偷懶 (zh), 偷懒 (zh) (tōulǎn) Danish: please add this translation if you can

Finnish: löysäillä French: (colloquial) glander (fr), (informal) tirer au flanc (fr), procrastiner (fr), atermoyer (fr) Russian: please add this translation if you can

decrease in intensity

Chinese: Mandarin: 減少 (zh), 减少 (zh) (jiǎnshǎo), 下降 (zh) (xiàjiàng) Danish: please add this translation if you can

Finnish: laantua (fi) French: se calmer (fr), diminuer (fr) Russian: please add this translation if you can