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Webster 1913 Edition


Slang

Slang

,
imp.
of
Sling
. Slung.
[Archaic]

Slang

,
Noun.
Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.
[Local, Eng.]
Holland.

Slang

,
Noun.
[Cf.
Sling
.]
A fetter worn on the leg by a convict.
[Eng.]

Slang

,
Noun.
[Said to be of Gypsy origin; but probably from Scand., and akin to E.
sling
; cf. Norw.
sleng
a slinging, an invention, device,
slengja
to sling, to cast,
slengja kjeften
(literally, to sling the jaw) to use abusive language, to use slang,
slenjeord
(
ord
= word) an insulting word, a new word that has no just reason for being.]
Low, vulgar, unauthorized language; a popular but unauthorized word, phrase, or mode of expression; also, the jargon of some particular calling or class in society; low popular cant;
as, the
slang
of the theater, of college, of sailors, etc.

Slang

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Slanged
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Slanging
.]
To address with slang or ribaldry; to insult with vulgar language.
[Colloq.]
Every gentleman abused by a cabman or
slanged
by a bargee was bound there and then to take off his coat and challenge him to fisticuffs.
London Spectator.

Webster 1828 Edition


Slang

SLANG

, old pret. of sling. We now use slung.

SLANG

,
Noun.
Low vulgar unmeaning language. [Low.]

Definition 2024


släng

släng

See also: slang and Slang

Swedish

Verb

släng

  1. imperative of slänga.