slacking (off)

verb

present participle of slack (off)
1
as in hanging around

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2
as in forgetting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slacking (off)
  1. hanging around
  2. forgetting
  3. hanging about
  4. neglecting
Verb
  • Brittany Cartwright has become the center of the show without the albatross of Jax Taylor hanging around her neck.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2026
  • That’s a little easier at the moment, given the influx of Hornets who’ve been hanging around the facility the last few days and throughout the summer.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of hanging around
Verb
  • Because creating that avenue was a theme of loss and remembering and what forgetting or remembering means for a character.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Really, the challenge as an actor is forgetting all the playfulness, ambition and tone around it, or even the books and the research and just playing the truth of it.
    — Matt Minton, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of forgetting
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  • President James Garfield’s assassin, Charles Guiteau, died by hanging about five months after he was convicted of murder.
    — USA Today, USA Today, 17 June 2026
  • In 2019, city employees began hanging about 500 trick-or-treat pumpkin buckets in the trees on Main Street every October.
    — Elliott Harrell, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
Definition of hanging about
Verb
  • This helps prevent the side hustle from becoming a second full-time job, and keeps you from neglecting your other priorities.
    — Chelsea Tobin, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Since voters returned Worrell to office in 2024, Uthmeier has repeatedly accused her of neglecting her duties as a prosecutor.
    — Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of neglecting
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