slang
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Is slang a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of slang?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (countable) A particular variety of slang; the slang used by a particular group.Examples: "[F]or a detailed analysis see Liberman (2008 157ff) who sees it as one of a number of terms found in pan-European slangs meaning concealment and/or cheating."countable
2. (countable) An item of slang; a slang word or expression.Examples: "Anyway, I have learned many slangs while I am in New York, and one of them, a remarkable slang, is sheister."; "The internet comes up with so many slangs used by people to survive in the online world. Many of those slangs are in the form of abbreviations, for instance, the word "u" which refers to "you"[.]"; "More importantly and closer to life, slangs help build an instant intimacy and informality."countable
3. (countable, India) A curse word.Examples: "Such attempts were made even more aggressive by the fact that these local women were known for picking fights easily and using slangs to verbally abuse their neighbours."Indiacountable
verb (English)
1. (transitive, dated) To vocally abuse, or shout at.Examples: "Also, he had to keep his temper when he was slanged in the theatre porch by a policeman."; "Stephen feared that he would yell louder, and was hostile. But they made friends and treated each other, and slanged the proprietor and ragged the pretty girls …"; ""If they had been a row of his favorite Pressmen he could not have slanged them worse.""datedtransitive
verb (English)
1. (archaic) simple past of slingExamples: "Before he slang the all-deciding stone[…]"archaicform-ofpast
noun (English)
1. (UK, dialect) Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.Examples: "There runneth forth into the sea a certaine shelfe or slang, like unto an out~thrust tongue."UKdialectal
noun (English)
1. (UK, obsolete) A fetter worn on the leg by a convict.UKobsolete
2. (UK, obsolete, slang) A counterfeit weight or measure.UKobsoleteslang
3. (UK, obsolete, slang) A travelling show, or one of its performances.UKobsoleteslang
4. (UK, obsolete, slang) A hawker's license.UKobsoleteslang
5. (UK, obsolete, slang) A watchchain.UKobsoleteslang
verb (English)
1. (transitive, African-American Vernacular, MLE) To sell (something, especially illegal drugs).Examples: "Everyday I wake up gotta get back to the gwop Just another fuckin day in that gangway slangin rocks"; "Whip, whip in the trap do up kitchen that's food (that's food) Cookin up grub Fuck, these niggas cookin up soup (uhhhhh) Slang the crack or the black Put the light and dark on the move Gold and brown and cute Gyal love me and I love them too (too)"; "Bro I’m booky, I’ll take your food if my belly starts rumbling They rap about bootings, they ain’t blammed nobody Hold that properly when I bang that dotty I put sniff in a rex, and I slang that bobby"Synonyms: sling, flogMulticultural-London-Englishtransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary