What is the meaning of slacking?

noun

• The evasion of work or duty.
  • synonyms: shirking, soldiering, goofing off, goldbricking

verb

• Avoid responsibilities and work, be idle.
  • synonyms: slack
• Be inattentive to, or neglect.
  • usage: "He slacks his attention"
  • synonyms: slack
• Release tension on.
  • usage: "slack the rope"
  • synonyms: slack
• Make less active or fast.
  • usage: "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"
  • synonyms: slack, slacken, slack up, relax
• Become slow or slower.
  • usage: "Production slowed"
  • synonyms: slow, slow down, slow up, slack, slacken
• Make less active or intense.
  • synonyms: slake, abate, slack
• Become less in amount or intensity.
  • usage: "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"
  • synonyms: abate, let up, slack off, slack, die away
• Cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water.
  • usage: "slack lime"
  • synonyms: slack, slake