slang

Etymology 1
1756, meaning "special vocabulary of tramps or thieves",. Possibly derived from a source, related to 🇨🇬,, related to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Not believed to be connected with or.

Noun

 * 1) Language outside of conventional usage and in the informal register.
 * 2) Language that is unique to a particular profession or subject; jargon.
 * 3) The specialized language of a social group, sometimes used to conceal one's meaning from outsiders; cant.
 * 4)  A particular variety of slang; the slang used by a particular group.
 * 5)   An item of slang; a slang word or expression.
 * 6)  A curse word.
 * 1)  A particular variety of slang; the slang used by a particular group.
 * 2)   An item of slang; a slang word or expression.
 * 3)  A curse word.
 * 1)  A curse word.
 * 1)  A curse word.
 * 1)  A curse word.

Usage notes
is rare among native English speakers, although it may be common among non-native speakers.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: عَامِّيَّة, دَارِجَة
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: сленг
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: släng
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Galician: xerga
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido: slangajo
 * Indonesian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Latvian: slengs
 * Malay:
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: truaill-chainnt
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: salitang balbal, salitang kalye, salitang kanto
 * Turkish:, oğruca,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: lupöpapük


 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Italian:
 * Romanian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:, ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Telugu:

Verb

 * 1)  To vocally abuse, or shout at.
 * 2) * 1907,, The Longest Journey, Part I, XII [Uniform ed., p. 130]:
 * Stephen feared that he would yell louder, and was hostile. But they made friends and treated each other, and slanged the proprietor and ragged the pretty girls …
 * Stephen feared that he would yell louder, and was hostile. But they made friends and treated each other, and slanged the proprietor and ragged the pretty girls …

Noun

 * 1)  Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.

Etymology 4
Compare.

Noun

 * 1)  A fetter worn on the leg by a convict.
 * 2)  A counterfeit weight or measure.
 * 3)  A travelling show, or one of its performances.
 * 4)  A hawker's license.
 * 5)  A watchchain.

Etymology 5
The same as which is also used in this sense. The vowel exhibits the lowering of /ɪ/ before /ŋ/ distinguishing for African American Vernacular English, as in for, but the word has spread with this pronunciation outside the accents that exhibit this feature.

Verb

 * 1)  To sell (something, especially illegal drugs).

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) * 1983, E. P. Groenewald et al. (translators), Bybel, Genesis 3:2:
 * "af"
 * "af"

- Die vrou het die slang geantwoord: “Ons mag eet van die vrugte van die bome in die tuin."

Etymology
Borrowed from. A.

Noun

 * 1)  twang, foreign accent

Adjective

 * 1)   Having a regional or foreign accent

Etymology 1
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) Language outside of conventional usage,.

Etymology 2
See.

Etymology 1
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) snake, squamate of the suborder Serpentes
 * 2) hose flexible tube
 * 1) hose flexible tube
 * 1) hose flexible tube

Etymology 2
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * , language outside the conventional register specific to a social group

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) English

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from.

Usage notes
Rarely used to avoid confusion with the second sense (from ). The alternative form is used instead, and becoming acceptable.

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * , unconventional language.

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) hose flexible tube

Etymology 2
Borrowed from.

Etymology 1
From.

Etymology
From.

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  argot, jargon,

Etymology
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Etymology 1
From and, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) hose, tube, flexible pipe

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1)   (language)

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1)  snake