Daily Almanac for
May 27, 2012
Search: Infoplease Info search tips
Search: Biographies Bio search tips
| Share
 

Dictionary


slack•er



Pronunciation: (slak'ur), [key]
—n.
1. a person who evades his or her duty or work; shirker.
2. a person who evades military service.
3. an esp. educated young person who is antimaterialistic, purposeless, apathetic, and usually works in a dead-end job.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

slackenslack-jawed
    • Cite
    • Print
    • Bookmark
See also:

 

Related Content
A free, reliable Q&A site for homework help. Answerplease.com