slacks

[ slaks ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. men's or women's trousers for informal wear.

slacks

/ slæks /

plural noun

1. informal trousers worn by both sexes

Word History and Origins

Origin of slacks¹

First recorded in 1815–25; slack ¹ + -s ³

Example Sentences

Sitting at the desk was a man in his mid- to late 40s, balding, conventionally dressed in slacks and an Oxford shirt, no tie.

From The Daily Beast

Crown emerges from the bedroom with a pair of flat black slacks, the cloudy detritus of afterbirth splayed across the seat.

From The Daily Beast

In a tucked-in black t-shirt and slacks, the seemingly average Joe shimmied and shaked to the bassline.

From The Daily Beast

She, slightly taller, is arrayed all in white—creamy slacks and a virgin wool sweater.

From The Daily Beast

The corollary being, if she slacks off, even a teensy bit, anything that goes wrong is her fault.

From The Daily Beast

She was a dark woman who might have been thirty years old, and who wore a white shirt and slacks.

From Project Gutenberg

His normal attire was T-shirt, cotton slacks, sometimes the T-shirt covered by a shirt, flannel or cotton shirt.

From Project Gutenberg

I changed clothes to a suit from slacks, and went to the house of my babysitter.

From Project Gutenberg

He was of medium height, stockily built, inconspicuously dressed in a blue short-sleeved tunic, gray slacks and sandals.

From Project Gutenberg

A slender young man in a green jacket and cream-colored slacks was standing near the foot of the gangplank.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• knickers
• shorts
• trousers
• underpants