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1. (noun) The impurities which result and are separated out when melting a metal or refining it from its ore; also, vitrified cinders.
2. (noun) The scoria of a volcano.
3. (noun, UK, Australian, New Zealand, pejorative) A woman (sometimes a man) who has loose morals relating to sex. Meaning slut.
4. (noun) A hard aggregate that is left as a residue from blast furnaces, which may be used as a surfacing material.
5. (verb, transitive) To make slag.
6. (verb, transitive) To talk badly about someone; to denigrate someone.
7. (Dutch, noun) blow, knock
8. (Dutch, noun) battle
9. (Dutch, noun) beat, stroke, pulsation
10. (Faroese, Norwegian, Swedish, noun) hit; punch
11. (Faroese, noun, medicine) stroke
12. (Faroese, Norwegian, noun) battle between to armies, navies or air forces
13. (Faroese, Norwegian, Swedish, noun) kind; sort
14. (Faroese, noun, biology, taxonomy) species
15. (Norwegian, noun) stroke (medical)
16. (Swedish, noun) the hit of a ball by a bat or a racket
17. (Swedish, noun) battle between two armies, navies or air forces
18. (Swedish, noun) stroke; the striking of a clock
19. (Swedish, noun) stroke; the time when a clock strikes
20. (Swedish, noun, medicine) stroke; a loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted.
21. (Swedish, noun) while; moment; a short period of time
22. (Swedish, noun) A fold on the legs of a pair of trousers, where about an inch of the leg is folded upwards.

English

Etymology

From Swedish slagg, or Middle Low German slacke, whence German Schlacke; originally, perhaps, the splinters struck off from the metal by hammering.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /slæg/
• Rhymes: -æɡ

Noun

Singular slag

Plural slags

slag (plural slags)

1. The impurities which result and are separated out when melting a metal or refining it from its ore; also, vitrified cinders.
2. The scoria of a volcano.
3. (UK, Australian, New Zealand, pejorative) A woman (sometimes a man) who has loose morals relating to sex. Meaning slut.
4. A hard aggregate that is left as a residue from blast furnaces, which may be used as a surfacing material.

Synonyms

• (impurities from a metal): dross, recrement
• (loose woman): see WikiSaurus:promiscuous woman

Derived terms

• slaggy

Translations

the impurities which result and are separated out when melting a metal or refining it from its ore

Dutch: slak nl(nl) Finnish: kuona fi(fi) French: scorie fr(fr) f. German: Schlacke de(de) f. Macedonian: згура mk(mk) (zgúra) f., џгура mk(mk) (džgúra) f.

Polish: opiłki pl(pl) m. pl., opiłek pl(pl) m. Portuguese: escória pt(pt) f. Serbian: troska sr(sr), šljaka sr(sr), zgura sr(sr) Spanish: escoria es(es) f.

the scoria of a volcano

French: scorie fr(fr) f. German: Schlacke de(de) f., Lava de(de) f. Macedonian: згура mk(mk) (zgúra) f., џгура mk(mk) (džgúra) f.

Polish: lawa pl(pl) f., magma pl(pl) f. Portuguese: lava pt(pt) f., magma pt(pt) f. Serbian: troska sr(sr), šljaka sr(sr), zgura sr(sr)

a woman (sometimes a man) who has loose morals relating to sex

Dutch: del nl(nl) Finnish: huora fi(fi), lutka fi(fi) German: Schlampe de(de) f.

Macedonian: ороспија mk(mk) (oróspija) f. Polish: kurwa pl(pl) f., dziwka pl(pl) f., szmata pl(pl) f., puszczalska pl(pl) f., suka pl(pl) f., kurtyzana pl(pl) f., ladacznica pl(pl) f.

Verb

Infinitive to slag

Third person singular slags

Simple past slagged

Past participle slagged

Present participle slagging

to slag (third-person singular simple present slags, present participle slagging, simple past and past participle slagged)

1. (transitive) To make slag.
2. (transitive) To talk badly about someone; to denigrate someone.

Translations

to make slag

Finnish: tuottaa fi(fi) kuonaa fi(fi)

German: verschlacken de(de)

to talk badly about someone; to denigrate someone

Finnish: mustamaalata fi(fi), loata fi(fi), puhua fi(fi) pahaa fi(fi)

German: herunterputzen de(de)

Related terms

• slag off - (talk insultingly to or about someone)
• slag heap - (a mound of pit debris)

References

• slag in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “slag” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

Anagrams

• gals
• lags

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

slag m. (plural slagen, diminutive slagje, diminutive plural slagjes)

1. blow, knock
2. battle
3. beat, stroke, pulsation

Derived terms

aan de slag aanslag inslag neerslag ontslag slaginstrument slagvaardig slagveld

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA: [slɛaː]

Noun

slag n.

1. hit; punch
2. (medicine) stroke
3. battle between to armies, navies or air forces
4. kind; sort
5. (biology, taxonomy) species

Declension

n6	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	slag	slagið	sløg	sløgini
Accusative	slag	slagið	sløg	sløgini
Dative	slag(i)	slag(i)num	sløgum	sløgunum
Genitive	slags	slagsins	slaga	slaganna

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Norwegian

Noun

slag n. (definite singular slaget; indefinite plural slag; definite plural slaga/slagene)

1. hit; punch
2. stroke (medical)
3. battle between to armies, navies or air forces
4. kind; sort

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

Inflection for slag	Singular		Plural
neuter	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	slag	slaget	slag	slagen
Possessive form	slags	slagets	slags	slagens

slag n.

1. hit; punch
2. the hit of a ball by a bat or a racket
3. battle between two armies, navies or air forces
4. stroke; the striking of a clock

   Klockan slog just tre slag = The clock just struck three strokes

5. stroke; the time when a clock strikes

   Han kom precis på slaget midnatt = He came on the stroke of midnight

6. (medicine) stroke; a loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted.
7. kind; sort

   En fågel av ett ovanligt slag = A bird of an unusual kind

8. while; moment; a short period of time

   Kom hit ett slag! = Come here a minute!

9. A fold on the legs of a pair of trousers, where about an inch of the leg is folded upwards.

Synonyms

• (battle): fältslag
• (kind): sort
• (moment): stund

See also

• få slag