slacker (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *slacker*:
NOUN	person	slacker, shirker	a person who shirks / shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)

slacker > pronunciation
Sounds	slae'ker
Rhymes	acre / Acre ... Zocor: 182 rhymes with ker...

English > *slacker*: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaning	A person who shirks / shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime).
Synonym	shirker
Category	military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine	The military forces of a nation
Narrower	goldbrick	A soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort
	malingerer, skulker, shammer	someone shirking / shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity
	scrimshanker	A shirker
Broader	idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bum	person who does no work
Spanish	gandul, haragán, holgazán, maula, remolón, vago, zángano
Catalan	desaplicat, gandul, malfeiner, manta, sorn
Verbs	slack	avoid responsibilities and work, be idle

HyperDic: slacker