slack vs tipple

slack

noun
  • Small coal; coal dust. 

  • 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. 

  • A valley, or small, shallow dell. 

adv
  • Slackly. 

verb
  • To slacken. 

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

adj
  • 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. 

  • Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager. 

  • Lax. 

  • Moderate in speed. 

  • Weak; not holding fast. 

tipple

noun
  • An area near the entrance of mines which is used to load and unload coal. 

  • Any alcoholic drink. 

  • An apparatus for unloading railroad freight cars by tipping them; the place where this is done. 

verb
  • To sell alcoholic liquor by retail. 

  • To drink alcohol regularly or habitually, but not to excess. 

  • To drink too much alcohol. 

  • To put up (hay, etc.) in bundles in order to dry it. 

  • To fall over; to topple. 

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