looseloose /lus/ adjective 
► loose
► loose not fitting, tied, or stretched tightly. You use loose especially about clothing, ropes, knots, or skin: It is best to wear loose comfortable clothes to the exercise class. ➔ You also use loose about things such as teeth, screws, or nails that do not fit into a hole correctly: One of the screws was loose and needed to be tightened. | The boy was wiggling his loose tooth with his tongue.
► baggy baggy clothes are big and loose: He was working in the yard, wearing an old baggy sweatshirt and shorts.
► slack a slack rope is loose and not pulled tight: Keep the rope slack until I tell you to pull it.
ANTONYMS ➔ see tight ➔ see free1 ➔ see Describing ClothesADVERBS: looseYou can make the adjectives loose and slack into adverbs by using an -ly ending: She had a sweater loosely tied around her waist. | The clothesline hung slackly between two poles.