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slang🔊

Language outside of conventional usage and in the informal register.

Language that is unique to a particular profession or subject; jargon.

The specialized language of a social group, sometimes used to conceal one's meaning from outsiders; cant.

A particular variety of slang; the slang used by a particular group.

An item of slang; a slang word or expression.

(India) A curse word.

(dated) To vocally abuse, or shout at.

(UK, dialect) Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.

(UK, obsolete) A fetter worn on the leg by a convict.

(UK, obsolete, slang) A counterfeit weight or measure.

(UK, obsolete, slang) A traveling show, or one of its performances.

(UK, obsolete, slang) A hawker's license.

(UK, obsolete, slang) A watchchain.

(African-American Vernacular, MLE) To sell (something, especially illegal drugs).

📑 Synonyms: sling flog