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slack water
noun
- a period when a body of water is between tides.
- water that is free of currents.
slack water
noun
- the period of still water around the turn of the tide, esp at low tide
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of slack water1
First recorded in 1760–70
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The benefits of slack water reservoirs and electric power altered those currents.
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The juveniles had trouble reaching the net, getting lost in the reservoir’s slack waters without a strong current to pull them.
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Prospectors’ eyes are trained to look for opportunity: Eddies, abrupt shifts in direction caused by downed trees, and slack water “drop-out zones,†where gold, 19 times heavier than water, will fall as flow slows.
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Olys are picky about where they live, preferring slack water and areas fed by creeks and streams.
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The eight large dams along the Snake and Columbia rivers created 325 miles of slack water in reservoirs.
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