slangnoun [ U ]
uk/slæŋ/us/slæŋ/C1 very informal language that is usually spoken rather than written, used especially by particular groups of people:
army slang
a slang expression
"Chicken" is slang for someone who isn't very brave.
More examples
- There are so many slang words for 'drunk'.
- He uses a lot of slang terms that I simply don't understand.
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Forms of languages & specialist dialects
- acrolect
- argot
- basilect
- cant
- colloquialism
- legalese
- lingo
- lingua franca
- metalanguage
- newspeak
- non-standard
- oral
- patois
- pidgin
- plain English
- rhyming slang
- shibboleth
- slangy
- speak
- tongue
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slangverb [ T ]
uk/slæŋ/us/slæŋ/UKto attack with angry, uncontrolled language:
The players started slanging each other in the middle of the game.
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Arguing & disagreeing
- afoul
- beg
- bet
- bicker
- cat
- conflicting
- contestation
- contrarian
- exchange words idiom
- gherao
- have a bone to pick with sb idiom
- lock
- make a case for sth idiom
- mano a mano
- row 1
- slug
- spar
- split
- variance
- wrangle
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