What does slang mean?we found 6 entries for the meaning of slang
 

Slang \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Slang \Slang\, imp. of Sling. Slung. [Archaic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Slang \Slang\, n. Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory. [Local, Eng.]

--Holland.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Slang \Slang\, n. [Cf. Sling.]

A fetter worn on the leg by a convict. [Eng.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Slang \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Sling \Sling\, v. t. [imp. Slung, Archaic Slang; p. p. Slung; p. pr. & vb. n. Slinging.]

[AS. slingan; akin to D. slingeren, G. schlingen, to wind, to twist, to creep, OHG. slingan to wind, to twist, to move to and fro, Icel. slyngva, sl["o]ngva, to sling, Sw. slunga, Dan. slynge, Lith. slinkti to creep.]

1. To throw with a sling. ``Every one could sling stones at an hairbreadth, and not miss.'' --Judg. xx. 16.

2. To throw; to hurl; to cast. --Addison.

3. To hang so as to swing; as, to sling a pack.

4. (Naut) To pass a rope round, as a cask, gun, etc., preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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