Definition of Slacker

1. Noun. A person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime).

Exact synonyms: Shirker
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Specialized synonyms: Goldbrick, Malingerer, Shammer, Skulker, Scrimshanker
Generic synonyms: Bum, Do-nothing, Idler, Layabout, Loafer
Derivative terms: Shirk, Slack

Definition of Slacker

1. Noun. One who procrastinates or is lazy; compare ''slack off''. ¹

2. Noun. A person lacking a sense of direction in life; an underachiever. ¹

3. Noun. A person who seeks to avoid military service. ¹

4. Noun. A user of Slackware Linux, a type of application software. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Slacker

1. a shirker [n -S] - See also: shirker

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slacker

slack tub
slack up
slack water
slackard
slackards
slackcom
slackcoms
slacked
slacken
slacken off
slackened
slackener
slackeners
slackening
slackens
slacker (current term)
slackerdom
slackerish
slackerly
slackers
slackest
slacking
slackline
slacklining
slackly
slackness
slacknesses
slacks
slacktivism
sladang

Literary usage of Slacker

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Web by Emerson Hough (1919)
"CHAPTER XI THE slacker RAIDS How the APL Made Patriots — Chasing the slacker — Teaching the Love of the Flag — Incidents of Western Raids. ..."

2. The Web by Emerson Hough (1919)
"CHAPTER XI THE slacker ... How the APL Made Patriots — Chasing the slacker — Teaching the Love of the Flag ..."

3. True Stories of the Great War: Tales of Adventure--heroic Deeds--exploits by Francis Trevelyan Miller (1917)
"... slacker, SOLDIER, HERO Told by Fred B. Pitney, War Correspondent I—"I MET HIM IN THE TRENCHES ON THE SOMME" THIS is the story of Leon ..."

4. The Black Devils and Other Poems by Sterling M. Means (1919)
"THE slacker.* We have a slacker in our town, He is always on his beat; You will often find him somewhere round, The corner of ..."

5. Patriotism and the Christian Life by Wilfrid A. Rowell (1918)
"IV THE PERIL OF THE slacker The vigorous enforcement of the Selective Service Law for providing soldiers for the army has brought the slacker into striking ..."

6. Literary California, Poetry, Prose and Portraits by Ella Sterling Mighels (1918)
"... A slacker A corporal gave me instruction; Clear of eye, a clean-cut chin, Face firm set; yet boyish, young— Shoulders square and stomach in. ..."

7. Literary California, Poetry, Prose and Portraits by Ella Sterling Mighels (1918)
"DREAM OF A slacker A corporal gave me instruction; Clear of eye, a clean-cut chin, Shoulders square and stomach in. Face firm set; yet boyish, ..."

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