English Explanatory Dictionary

slag

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Waste material from a mine.
  2. Scum that forms on the surface of molten metal.
  3. Impurities formed and separated out when a metal is smelted from ore; vitrified cinders.
  4. Hard aggregate remaining as a residue from blast furnaces, sometimes used as a surfacing material.
  5. Scoria associated with a volcano.
  6. A prostitute or promiscuous woman; a slut.
  7. A coward.
  8. A contemptible person, a scumbag.
verb
  1. To produce slag.
  2. To become slag; to agglomerate when heated below the fusion point.
  3. To reduce to slag.
  4. To talk badly about; to malign or denigrate (someone).
  5. To make fun of; to take the piss (tease, ridicule or mock).
  6. To spit.

Pronunciation

/slæɡ/ en-au-slag.ogg

Word forms

slag slags slagging slagged

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German slagge, slaggen (“slag, dross”), from Old Saxon *slaggo, from Proto-West Germanic *slaggō, from Proto-Germanic *slaggô, from Proto-Germanic *slagōną (“to strike”) + *-gô (diminutive suffix). Compare Middle Low German slāgen (“to strike”), since originally the splinters struck off from the metal by hammering, from *slagōn, from Proto-West Germanic *slagōn. Compare also Old Saxon slegi, from Proto-West Germanic *slagi. See also Dutch slak, German Schlacke, Swedish slagg; also compare English slay.

Synonyms

goafing gobbin mullock dross recrement scoria clinker hussy skank NB: All terms are usually pejorative unless stated otherwise. 304 alley cat alleycat amorette amoret amorosa article Athanasian wench blowsabella bop chippy cocotte cockslut cockwhore crumpet cum dumpster cum guzzler cumhole cumslut cumwhore Cyprian demimondaine doxy drab eager beaver Essex girl flirt-gill floogy floosie floosy floozie floozy fornicator fornicatour fornicatress fornicatrix fuckstress Fulham virgin geebag giglot gillian gill good-time girl grim grisette harlot ho bag ho-bag hoe bag hoe-bag

Derived words

electroslag manslag slagbag slagfest slaggable slaggy slag heap slagless slaglike slag tag slagger slag about slagging rag slag off
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