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slang
(slăng)n.
1. A kind of language occurring chiefly in casual and playful speech, made up typically of coinages and figures of speech that are deliberately used in place of standard terms for added raciness, humor, irreverence, or other effect.
2. Language peculiar to a group; argot or jargon: thieves' slang.
v. slanged, slang·ing, slangs
v.intr.
1. To use slang.
2. To use angry and abusive language: persuaded the parties to quit slanging and come to the bargaining table.
v.tr.
To attack with abusive language; vituperate: "They slanged each other with every foul name they had learned from the age of three" (Virginia Henley).
[Origin unknown.]
slang′i·ly adv.
slang′i·ness n.
slang′y adj.
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slang
(slæŋ)n
1. (Linguistics)
a. vocabulary, idiom, etc, that is not appropriate to the standard form of a language or to formal contexts, may be restricted as to social status or distribution, and is characteristically more metaphorical and transitory than standard language
b. (as modifier): a slang word.
2. (Linguistics) another word for jargon1
vb
to abuse (someone) with vituperative language; insult
[C18: of unknown origin]
ˈslangy adj
ˈslangily adv
ˈslanginess n
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
slang
(slæŋ)n.
1. very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid, and ephemeral than ordinary language.
2. speech or writing characterized by the use of vulgar and socially taboo vocabulary and idiomatic expressions.
3. the jargon of a particular group, profession, etc.
4. argot; cant.
v.i. 5. to use slang or abusive language.
v.t. 6. to assail with abusive language.
[1750–60; orig. uncertain]
slang′i•ly, adv.
slang′i•ness, n.
slang′y, adj. slang•i•er, slang•i•est.
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slang
Past participle: slanged
Gerund: slanging
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slang
Language that is not appropriate in formal contexts, often deliberately used in place of formal terms by a particular group of people .
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| Noun | 1. |  slang - informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar; "their speech was full of slang expressions"non-standard speech - speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community |
| 2. | slang - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" bite - a portion removed from the whole; "the government's weekly bite from my paycheck" swiz - British slang for a swindle shakedown - extortion of money (as by blackmail) power trip - (slang) a self-aggrandizing action undertaken simply for the pleasure of exercising control over other people dekko - British slang for a look square-bashing - drill on a barracks square shakedown - a very thorough search of a person or a place; "a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs" caff - informal British term for a cafe deck - street name for a packet of illegal drugs Mickey Finn - slang term for knockout drops nick - (British slang) a prison; "he's in the nick" cert - an absolute certainty; "it's a dead cert" legs - staying power; "that old Broadway play really has legs" soup-strainer, toothbrush - slang for a mustache bunghole - vulgar slang for anus street name - slang for something (especially for an illegal drug); "`smack' is a street name for heroin" corker - (dated slang) a remarkable or excellent thing or person; "that story was a corker" baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, humbug, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle, taradiddle, tarradiddle - pretentious or silly talk or writing codswallop, folderol, trumpery, wish-wash, applesauce, tripe, rubbish, trash - nonsensical talk or writing skin flick - a pornographic movie dibs - a claim of rights; "I have dibs on that last slice of pizza" non-standard speech - speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community rhyming slang - slang that replaces words with rhyming words or expressions and then typically omits the rhyming component; "Cockney rhyming slang" burnup - a high-speed motorcycle race on a public road nosh-up - a large satisfying meal hood - (slang) a neighborhood 'hood - (slang) a neighborhood airhead - a flighty scatterbrained simpleton; "she's a total airhead"; "every airhead on a big salary rushed out to buy one" bad egg - (old-fashioned slang) a bad person boffin - (British slang) a scientist or technician engaged in military research good egg - (old-fashioned slang) a good person guvnor - (British slang) boss old man - (slang) boss out-and-outer - someone who is excellent at something schlockmeister, shlockmeister - (slang) a merchant who deals in shoddy or inferior merchandise squeeze - (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend; "she was his main squeeze" suit - (slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit; "all the suits care about is the bottom line" tripper - (slang) someone who has taken a psychedelic drug and is undergoing hallucinations juice - electric current; "when the wiring was finished they turned on the juice" big bucks, big money, megabucks, pile, bundle - a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit); "she made a bundle selling real estate"; "they sank megabucks into their new house" key - a kilogram of a narcotic drug; "they were carrying two keys of heroin" skinful - a quantity of alcoholic drink sufficient to make you drunk; "someone had to drive me home last night because I had a skinful" juice - energetic vitality; "her creative juices were flowing" the trots - obscene terms for diarrhea | |
| Verb | 1. | slang - use slang or vulgar language |
| 2. |  slang - fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"kid, pull the leg of - tell false information to for fun; "Are you pulling my leg?" deceive, lead astray, betray - cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house" | |
| 3. | slang - abuse with coarse language blackguard, clapperclaw, abuse, shout - use foul or abusive language towards; "The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket"; "The angry mother shouted at the teacher" |
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slang
noun colloquialisms, jargon, idioms, argot, informal language He liked to think he kept up with current slang.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
عَامِّيَةكَلِمات وتعابير عاميَّهيَتَكَلَّم بوقاحَةٍ وغَضَب
slangnadávat
slangskælde ud
slangi
argotslang
sleng
szidalmazszleng
slangurúthúîa
俗語
속어
dergtikoneveiktislengas
gānītlamātlamātiesslengsžargons
slang
sleng
slang
ภาษาสแลง
tiếng lóng
slang
[slæŋ]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
slang
[ˈslæŋ] modif [term, word] → argotiqueslanging match [ˈslæŋɪŋmætʃ] n (British) → prise f de bec
to have a slanging match → avoir une prise de bec
to have a slanging match → avoir une prise de bec
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
slang
n → Slang m; (= army slang, schoolboy slang etc) → Jargon m; street slang → Straßenjargon m; gipsy slang → Zigeunersprache f (neg!)
vt (esp Brit inf) to slang somebody → jdn beschimpfen; to slang something → über etw (acc) → schimpfen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
slang
[slæŋ]1. n (gen) → slang m inv, gergo
school/army slang → gergo studentesco/militare
to talk slang → parlare in gergo
school/army slang → gergo studentesco/militare
to talk slang → parlare in gergo
2. adj (word) → gergale
3. vt (fam) (insult, criticize) → dirne di tutti i colori a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
slang
(slӕŋ) noun words and phrases (often in use for only a short time) used very informally, eg words used mainly by, and typical of, a particular group. army slang; teenage slang; `stiff' is slang for `a corpse'.
verb to speak rudely and angrily to or about (someone); to abuse. I got furious when he started slanging my mother.
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slang
→ عَامِّيَة slang slang Slang αργκό jerga slangi argot sleng gergo 俗語 속어 slang slang slang calão, gíria сленг slang ภาษาสแลง argo tiếng lóng 俚语Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009