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Slack water   /slæk wˈɔtər/   Listen
adjective
Slack  adj.  (compar. slacker; superl. slackest)  
1.
Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack rope.
2.
Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand.
3.
Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service. "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness."
4.
Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as, business is slack. "With slack pace."
Slack in stays (Naut.), slow in going about, as a ship.
Slack water, the time when the tide runs slowly, or the water is at rest; or the interval between the flux and reflux of the tide.
Slack-water navigation, navigation in a stream the depth of which has been increased, and the current diminished, by a dam or dams.
Synonyms: Loose; relaxed; weak; remiss; backward; abated; diminished; inactive; slow; tardy; dull.





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"Slack water" Quotes from Famous Books



... occasion and though with their paddling the swiftness of the current gave the craft a speed of over ten miles an hour, he brought her down without mishap into a wide-spreading cove. They rested, drifting slowly across the slack water. "This can't be far from Cantwell's," Bob was saying, when Jeremy gave a startled exclamation, and pointed toward the shore, some fifty yards away. A little girl in a gray frock stood on the bank, her arms full ...
— The Black Buccaneer • Stephen W. Meader
... and nearly leaps overboard on the opposite side of the boat I give unwillingly the word to fire. Many of the foremost savages fall—the rest hang back. We shove off. The oars are quickly got out. The moon rises. I distinguish the channel. It is almost slack water. We pull for our lives. Golding and Taro stand up and fire. The savages either do not see their comrades fall or do not dread the bullets, for they rush along the rocks still within a few yards of us hurling ...
— The Cruise of the Mary Rose - Here and There in the Pacific • William H. G. Kingston


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