slacks

[ slaks ]

/ slæks /

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noun (used with a plural verb)

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

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Origin of slacks

First recorded in 1815–25; slack¹ + -s³

Words nearby slacks

slacken, slacker, slack-jawed, slack-key, slack off, slacks, slack suit, slacktivism, slack water, slag, slag cement

How to use slacks in a sentence

Sitting at the desk was a man in his mid- to late 40s, balding, conventionally dressed in slacks and an Oxford shirt, no tie.
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Crown emerges from the bedroom with a pair of flat black slacks, the cloudy detritus of afterbirth splayed across the seat.
Idaho Woman Who Gave Birth on Highway: ‘I Had to Pull My Pants Down to Get the Baby Out’|Dale Eisinger|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In a tucked-in black t-shirt and slacks, the seemingly average Joe shimmied and shaked to the bassline.
Future Islands Frontman Samuel T. Herring on Their 11-Year Journey to Letterman and Viral Stardom|Marlow Stern|April 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She, slightly taller, is arrayed all in white—creamy slacks and a virgin wool sweater.
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The corollary being, if she slacks off, even a teensy bit, anything that goes wrong is her fault.
Medicine Bedevils Pregnant Women With Too Many Warnings About Risk|Lenore Skanazy|October 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
She was a dark woman who might have been thirty years old, and who wore a white shirt and slacks.
The Stars, My Brothers|Edmond Hamilton
His normal attire was T-shirt, cotton slacks, sometimes the T-shirt covered by a shirt, flannel or cotton shirt.
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
I changed clothes to a suit from slacks, and went to the house of my babysitter.
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
He was of medium height, stockily built, inconspicuously dressed in a blue short-sleeved tunic, gray slacks and sandals.
The Sensitive Man|Poul William Anderson
A slender young man in a green jacket and cream-colored slacks was standing near the foot of the gangplank.
The Five Arrows|Allan Chase

British Dictionary definitions for slacks

slacks

/ (slæks) /

pl n

informal trousers worn by both sexes

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