slang

slang is a 5-letter English word with 11 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: imp. of Sling. Slung. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 9 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. imp. of Sling. Slung.
2. noun. Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.
3. noun. A fetter worn on the leg by a convict.
4. noun. 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.
5. transitive verb. To address with slang or ribaldry; to insult with vulgar language.
6. of Sling
7. noun. a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

   "they don't speak our lingo"

   Synonyms: argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, vernacular

8. noun. 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"

9. verb. abuse with coarse language
10. verb. fool or hoax

    "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"

    "You can't fool me!"

    Synonyms: befool, cod, dupe, fool, gull

11. verb. use slang or vulgar language

Synonyms

argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, vernacular, befool, cod, dupe, fool, gull

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in slang:

glans

Common word forms

slangs, slanged, slanging, slangous

Words from these letters

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