slack water
Americannoun
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a period when a body of water is between tides.
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water that is free of currents.
noun
Etymology
Origin of slack water
First recorded in 1760–70
Example Sentences
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The benefits of slack water reservoirs and electric power altered those currents.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2023
Prospectors’ eyes are trained to look for opportunity: Eddies, abrupt shifts in direction caused by downed trees, and slack water “drop-out zones,” where gold, 19 times heavier than water, will fall as flow slows.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2023
However, the time of slack water was before sunrise, so the crew accomplished this feat half asleep.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 26, 2017
It was 4:30 a.m., the air as still as slack water: a great time to be in Panama City.
From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2013
That there was slack water immediately below the bridge, with a low, shelving bank where they could get out easily?
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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