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Contrary to conventional wisdom, the blue blazer's a bit of a loose cannon. A suit decided long ago what it wanted to be, and it doesn't want to hear your ideas, but a blue blazer only got around to half the job. So it leaves it up to you to find its bottoms. Gray slacks, blue jeans, patterns, white pants and different blue shades all work.
Willie Geist

Meaning of "slacks" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SLACKS

slacks  [slæks] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SLACKS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Slacks is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SLACKS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Slacks

Slacks is a common term used to reference pants or trousers. This term is generally restricted to dress pants, usually of the pleated variety. Joseph Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. in 1938 claims to have coined the term and category "Slacks" as a pant that could be worn away from work, or during a man's "slack time". Slacks historians have long disputed the claim that slacks can only refer to dress pants, and have long lobbied to have jeans and sweatpants included in the category. It could also refer to: ▪ Donovan Slacks, leader of a militant fishermen's uprising in 1920s Britain ▪ Slacks Creek, Queensland, a suburb of Logan City, Queensland, Australia. ▪ Slacks Creek Tigers - a football club that currently plays in Brisbane Premier Division 1...

Definition of slacks in the English dictionary

The definition of slacks in the dictionary is informal trousers worn by both sexes.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SLACKS


chillax
tʃɪˈlæks
earthflax
ˈɜːθˌflæks
flax
flæks
galax
ˈɡeɪlæks
gravadlax
ˈɡrævədˌlæks
gravlax
ˈɡrævˌlæks
lax
læks
malax
ˈmælæks
overlax
ˌəʊvəˈlæks
parallax
ˈpærəˌlæks
relax
rɪˈlæks
sceuophylax
ˌskjuːˈɒfɪˌlæks
smilax
ˈsmaɪlæks
toadflax
ˈtəʊdˌflæks

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SLACKS

slack
slack suit
slack water
slack-jawed
slacken
slackener
slackening
slacker
slacklining
slackly
slackness
slacktivism
slacktivist
slactivism
sladang
slade
slag
slag down
slag heap
slagged

WORDS THAT END LIKE SLACKS

Adirondacks
All Blacks
Backs
barracks
brass tacks
dacks
Ice Blacks
jacks
make tracks
Sacks
stacks
Tall Blacks
the All Blacks
the Backs
the Ice Blacks
the Tall Blacks
the Wheel Blacks
the wrong side of the tracks
tracks
Wheel Blacks

Synonyms and antonyms of slacks in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SLACKS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «slacks» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of slacks

Translation of «slacks» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SLACKS

Find out the translation of slacks to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of slacks from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «slacks» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

休闲裤
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pantalones
570 millions of speakers

English

slacks
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ढीला पतलून
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بنطلون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

брюки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

calças
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পায়জামা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pantalon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Seluar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hose
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スラックス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

바지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Slack
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không hoàn toàn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தளர்ச்சியான சட்டை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्केक्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bol pantolon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pantaloni
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spodnie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

брюки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pantaloni
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βραδύτητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

langbroeke
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

byxor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

slacks
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of slacks

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SLACKS»

The term «slacks» is quite widely used and occupies the 35.228 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SLACKS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about slacks

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7 QUOTES WITH «SLACKS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word slacks.
1
Honor Blackman
Apart from anything else, I find boots are too hot except in wintry weather. At home I usually wear a sweater, shirt and slacks.
2
Willie Geist
Contrary to conventional wisdom, the blue blazer's a bit of a loose cannon. A suit decided long ago what it wanted to be, and it doesn't want to hear your ideas, but a blue blazer only got around to half the job. So it leaves it up to you to find its bottoms. Gray slacks, blue jeans, patterns, white pants and different blue shades all work.
3
Mary Hart
I am actually wearing slacks on the show more than I ever have - it is now acceptable, and I like mixing it up.
4
Rich Lowry
When my dad was badly weakened by the flu and my mom wanted to call an ambulance to take him to the emergency room, he wouldn't go unless he could shave first and change into a nice shirt and a pair of slacks.
5
Maureen O'Sullivan
Will Rogers wasn't helpful to me at all. He was just concerned with his way of doing things. He didn't like me much because I used to wear slacks to the studio, and that was not done much in those days, so I guess he thought I was rather fast.
6
Talisa Soto
Dresses are beautiful, but I'm such a slacks or a jeans person. Whenever a woman has a slick suit or dress on, she looks sharp.
7
Lark Voorhies
We did get to keep a few choice items. I kept a few pairs of slacks and power suits that stood out. I still have a few outstanding pieces from 'Saved by the Bell' simply because they were from 'Saved by the Bell.' They're vaulted in my storage space.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLACKS»

Discover the use of slacks in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to slacks and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Polkabats and Octopus Slacks: 14 Stories
Fourteen poems about a variety of fanciful topics.
Calef Brown, 2005
2
SLACKS & CALLUSES PB
Provides an account of how two women assumed wartime roles working on a production line at a B-24 bomber plant during World War II
Constance Reid, 1944
3
Slacks and Tops
The English language stock and amateur stage performance rights in the United States, its territories and possessions and Canada in SLACKS AND TOPS are controlled exclusively by the DRAMATISTS PLAY SERVICE, INC., 440 Park ...
Harry Kondoleon, 1983
4
Skirts and Slacks
W.S. Di Piero. SKIRTS AND SLACKS POEMS W. S. DI PIERU A ...
W.S. Di Piero, 2013
5
Coastal Dunes: Ecology and Conservation
In this book, coastal dune specialists from tropical and temperate latitudes cover a wide set of topics, including: geomorphology, community dynamics, ecophysiology, biotic interactions and environmental problems and conservation.
M. Luisa Martínez, Norbert P. Psuty, 2007
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An Introduction to Efficiency and Productivity Analysis
A Digression on Slacks The piece-wise linear form of the non-parametric frontier in DEA can cause a few difficulties in efficiency measurement. The problem arises because of the sections of the piece-wise linear frontier which run parallel to ...
Tim Coelli, 2005
7
Operations Research: Methods,Models,And Applications
Principles. of. Model. Development. with. Application. to. Slacks. in. DEA. Robert M. Thrall ABSTRACT This paper poses four questions as guides to model development. These questions relate to, respectively, real-world relevance, ...
Jay E. Aronson, Stanley Zionts, 2008
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U.S. Foreign Trade, Statistical Classification of Domestic ...
o.i‚ 95061 9 Slacks, men's and boys', of other textile fibers, Skis, snow 950611 knit 610349 Skis, water 950629 Slacks, men's ... shoemaking 845320 Slacks, men's and boys', of synthetic fibers, Skull-caps i 650590 knit 610343 Skunk furskins, ...
United States. Bureau of the Census, 2008
9
United States Imports of Merchandise for Consumption
SLACKS A 18.319 278.162* OUTER SHORTS YARN OYEO CLOTH OOZ OTH CTY 252 2.481 3113828 BOYS COTTON TROUSERS SLACKS 252 2.481* A OUTER SHORTS . THILL DOZ KOR REP 20.728 213.134 HS KONG 18.044 201.028 ...
United States. Bureau of the Census, 1963
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United States Imports of Merchandise for Consumption: ...
... GERM 4 102 3823346-WOMENS COTTON TROUSERSI 3823356-GIRLS A INFANTS COT TROUSER SWITZERLAND 128 11083 SLACKS ETC Y-DYED NK NO NES -00Z SLACKS ETC C-ROY NES NK NO -00Z ITALY 304 91088 MEXICO  ...
‎1964

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLACKS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term slacks is used in the context of the following news items.
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Joe Bennett, leader of The Sparkletones, dies at 75
Bennett, who co-wrote the early rock 'n' roll classic, “Black Slacks,” which, in the autumn of 1957, propelled him and three fellow Spartanburg County teenagers ... «Spartanburg Herald Journal, Jun 15»
2
U.S. Open 2015: N.J.'s Morgan Hoffmann wows 'em with cheetah …
Leave it to a Jersey guy to teach the rest of the field some style. In his third U.S. Open, stylish Morgan Hoffmann, from Wyckoff, N.J., debuted in his cheetah slacks ... «NJ.com, Jun 15»
3
Iron Your Slacks, Construction Firm Hosting Hiring Day At Fort Riley
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW)- Grab your resume and iron your pants, a major construction firm is holding a hiring event at Fort Riley. AECOM is looking to hire qualified ... «WIBW, Apr 15»
4
UPDATE: Woman formally charged for June 2014 murder of toddler
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- When Kenyon Slacks, 3, of Hephzibah, died last June, the Richmond County Sheriff's Office ruled it a death by "natural causes.". «WRDW-TV, Jan 15»
5
Burton Ruby, who ran company that made Sansabelt slacks, dies at 95
Carson sidekick Ed McMahon touted the slacks, trousers with an elastic waistband that didn't require a belt, "produced by Jaymar-Ruby of Michigan City, Ind.," ... «Chicago Tribune, Jan 15»
6
Desk lamp may have caused Slacks Creek fire that killed 11 people
INVESTIGATORS spent days on their hands and knees sifting through debris to try find the source of a deadly house fire that killed eleven people at Slacks ... «Courier Mail, Aug 14»
7
Coronial inquiry into fire at Slacks Creek, Queensland, which killed …
Eleven people from two Pacific Islander families were killed as they slept when fire ripped through their two-storey home at Slacks Creek, Queensland, just after ... «Courier Mail, Aug 14»
8
John Daly swaps SpongeBob pants for slacks less suitable for kids …
But on Thursday, for his first round at the British Open, Daly went a completely different route, donning a pair of slacks that predominantly featured scantily-clad ... «FOXSports.com, Jul 14»
9
The 15 Most Hilarious Tracy McGrady Wears Foolishly Baggy Slacks …
We can't begin to explain what Tracy McGrady was thinking. The recently retired, formerly high scoring guard decided to rock an ill-fitting suit on NBA TV that ... «Hip-Hop Wired, Nov 13»
10
Haband Knit Slacks Win Good Morning America $7 Pants Face-Off …
GMA called the segment, which aired today on the morning program, the $7 Pants Face-Off. It seemed to be designed to test how Haband's $7 black knit slacks ... «EON: Enhanced Online News, Mar 13»

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