slack vs swear

slack

adj
  • Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager. 

  • Moderately warm. 

  • Vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music. 

  • Not active or busy, successful, or violent. 

  • Excess; surplus to requirements. 

  • Lax; not tense; not firmly extended. 

  • Lax. 

  • Moderate in speed. 

  • Weak; not holding fast. 

noun
  • Unconditional listening attention given by client to patient. 

  • A temporary speed restriction where track maintenance or engineering work is being carried out at a particular place. 

  • A tidal marsh or shallow that periodically fills and drains. 

  • The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it. 

  • Small coal; coal dust. 

  • A valley, or small, shallow dell. 

verb
  • To slacken. 

  • To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake. 

adv
  • Slackly. 

swear

adj
  • Reluctant; unwilling. 

  • Dull; lazy; slow. 

  • Top-heavy; too high. 

  • Heavy. 

  • Niggardly. 

noun
  • A swear word. 

  • A lazy time; a short rest during working hours (especially field labour); a siesta. 

verb
  • To promise intensely that something is true; to strongly assert. 

  • To take an oath that an assertion is true. 

  • To use offensive, profane, or obscene language. 

  • To be lazy; rest for a short while during working hours. 

  • To administer an oath to (a person). 

  • To take an oath, to promise intensely, solemnly, and/or with legally binding effect. 

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