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Entry 5 senses · 5 variants Webster, 1913

Slang

/slăng/ · IPA /ˈslæŋ/
01 imp. imp. of Sling. Slung.
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    imp. of Sling. Slung.[Archaic] See: Sling
02 n. Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.
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    Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.[Local, Eng.]
03 n. A fetter worn on the leg by a convict.
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    A fetter worn on the leg by a convict.[Eng.]
04 n. Low, vulgar, unauthorized language; a popular but unauthorized word, phrase, or mode of expression; also, the jargon of some particular cal…
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    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.
05 v. t. To address with slang or ribaldry; to insult with vulgar language.
imp. & p. p. Slanged; p. pr. & vb. n. Slanging
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    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.