slack water
slack water
nounDefinition of SLACK WATER
: the period at the turn of the tide when there is little or no horizontal motion of tidal water —called also slack tide
First Known Use of SLACK WATER
1764
Rhymes with SLACK WATER
allotter, bathwater, blue water, boycotter, branch water, cold-water, first water, flyswatter, freshwater, garroter, globe-trotter, gray water, high water, hold water, hot water, ice water, low water, make water, pinspotter, red water, sandlotter, sea otter, still water, tap water, tread water, white-water
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