Slang
Pronunciation : Slang
Definition : Defn: imp. of Sling. Slung. [Archaic]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Slang
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory. [Local, Eng.] Holland.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Slang
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. Sling.]
Definition : Defn: A fetter worn on the leg by a convict. [Eng.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Slang
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [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 =
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Slang
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Slanged; p. pr. & vb. n. Slanging.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913