slang

Speech parts

1. slang - Noun

2. slang - Verb

Meaning

imp. of Sling. Slung.

Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.

A fetter worn on the leg by a convict.

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.

To address with slang or ribaldry; to insult with vulgar language.

of Sling

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cant vernacular jargon lingo argot patois gull cod talk fool idiom dupe phraseology terminology befool
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Antonyms

carol standard adore hallow worship praise
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Hypernyms

blackguard speak talk abuse betray deceive

Hyponyms

kid rhyming slang street name pull the leg of

Phrases with the word

african american slang black slang slang replacing words with rhyme form of english slang cockney slang east end slang

Derivatives

slanged slanging

Anagrams

glans

Examples

All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry. G. K. Chesterton

Slang is the speech of him who robs the literary garbage carts on their way to the dumps. Ambrose Bierce

Slang is a foul pool at which every dunce fills his bucket, and then sets up as a fountain. Ambrose Bierce

The one stream of poetry which is continually flowing is slang. G. K. Chesterton

I write in American slang. Norman Spinrad

Slang is language that takes off its coat, spits on its hands, and goes to work. Carl Sandburg

Close letter words and terms

slandre slane Slaney slang expression slang replacing words with rhyme slang term