Slang , v. 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.
Slang , n. [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 , n. [Cf. Sling.]
A fetter worn on the leg by a convict. [Eng.]
Slang , n. Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory. [Local,
Eng.]
Holland.
Slang (?), imp.
of Sling. Slung. [Archaic]
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