SLACKER


Meaning of SLACKER in English

/slak"euhr/ , n.

1. a person who evades his or her duty or work; shirker.

2. a person who evades military service. [1790-1800; SLACK 1 + -ER 1 ]

3. an esp. educated young person who is antimaterialistic, purposeless, apathetic, and usually works in a dead-end job.

[ pop. by Slackers (1991), movie by R. Linklater ]

Syn. 1. malingerer, dodger, laggard.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .