Dictionary Entry
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.
- 2noun
Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.
- 3noun
A fetter worn on the leg by a convict.
- 4noun
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.
- 5transitive verb
To address with slang or ribaldry; to insult with vulgar language.
- 6
of Sling
- 7noun
a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
"they don't speak our lingo"
- 8noun
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"
- 9verb
abuse with coarse language
- 10verb
fool or hoax
"The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"
"You can't fool me!"
- 11verb
use slang or vulgar language
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