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5-letter words (2 found)

GLANS,SLANG,

4-letter words (8 found)

GALS,GANS,LAGS,LANG,NAGS,SANG,SLAG,SNAG,

3-letter words (13 found)

AGS,ALS,ANS,GAL,GAN,GAS,LAG,LAS,NAG,NAS,SAG,SAL,SAN,

2-letter words (6 found)

AG,AL,AN,AS,LA,NA,

You can make 29 words from slang according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of slang

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Definitions and meaning of slang

slang

Pronunciation

  • enPR: slăng, IPA(key): /slæŋ/
    • (US, pre-/ŋ/ /æ/ tensing) IPA(key): [sleɪŋ]
  • Rhymes: -æŋ

Etymology 1

1756, meaning "special vocabulary of tramps or thieves", origin unknown. Possibly derived from a North Germanic source, related to Norwegian Nynorsk slengenamn (“nickname”), slengja kjeften (“to abuse verbally”, literally “to sling one's jaw”), related to Icelandic slengja (“to sling, throw, hurl”), Old Norse slyngva (“to sling”). Not believed to be connected with language or lingo.

Noun

slang (countable and uncountable, plural slangs)

  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. (countable) A particular variety of slang; the slang used by a particular group.
  6. (countable) An item of slang; a slang word or expression.
  7. (countable, India) A curse word.
Usage notes

Sense 5 is rare among native English speakers, although it may be common among non-native speakers.

Synonyms
  • (jargon): vernacular, jargon, lingo, cant
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Dutch: slang
  • → Esperanto: slango
  • → Estonian: släng
  • → Finnish: slangi
  • → German: Slang
  • → Hebrew: סְלֶנְג (sleng)
  • → Hungarian: szleng
  • → Indonesian: slank
  • → Polish: slang
Translations

Verb

slang (third-person singular simple present slangs, present participle slanging, simple past and past participle slanged)

  1. (transitive, dated) To vocally abuse, or shout at.
    • 1907, E.M. Forster, 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 …
See also
  • Category:English slang

Etymology 2

Verb

slang

  1. (archaic) simple past of sling

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

  • slanket

Noun

slang (plural slangs)

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

Etymology 4

Compare sling.

Noun

slang (plural slangs)

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

Further reading

  • “slang”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “slang”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “slang”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Etymology 5

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

Verb

slang (third-person singular simple present slangs, present participle slanging, simple past and past participle slanged)

  1. (transitive, African-American Vernacular, MLE) To sell (something, especially illegal drugs).
    Synonyms: sling, flog

Anagrams

  • glans, langs

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch slang (“snake, serpent”), from Middle Dutch slange (“snake, serpent”), from Old Dutch slango (“snake, serpent”), from Proto-Germanic *slangô (“snake, serpent”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [slaŋ]

Noun

slang (plural slange)

  1. snake; serpent
    • 1983, E. P. Groenewald et al. (translators), Bybel, Genesis 3:2:

Related terms

  • grootslang

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English slang. A false friend.

Noun

slang

  1. (colloquial, informal) twang, foreign accent

Adjective

slang

  1. (colloquial, informal) (usually of English speakers) Having a regional or foreign accent

Czech

Noun

slang m inan

  1. slang

Declension

Danish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English slang.

Noun

slang c (singular definite slangen or slanget, not used in plural form)

  1. Language outside of conventional usage, slang.
Inflection
Derived terms
  • slangord
  • slangordbog
  • slangudtryk

Etymology 2

See slange.

Verb

slang

  1. imperative of slange

Dutch

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch slange, from Old Dutch slango, from Proto-Germanic *slangô (“snake, serpent”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slɑŋ/
  • Hyphenation: slang
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋ

Noun

slang f (plural slangen, diminutive slangetje n)

  1. snake, squamate of the suborder Serpentes
    Synonym: serpent
    Hypernym: reptiel
  2. hose (flexible tube)
Hyponyms
  • adder
  • boa
  • boomslang
  • cobra
  • gifslang
  • python
  • ratelslang
  • wurgslang
  • zeeslang
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: slang
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: slanggi
  • Negerhollands: slang, slaṅ
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: slanka
  • → Aukan: salan
  • → Caribbean Javanese: selang
  • → Indonesian: slang (“hose”)
  • → Papiamentu: slan

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English slang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slɛŋ/
  • Hyphenation: slang
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋ

Noun

slang n (plural slangs, diminutive slangetje n)

  1. slang, language outside the conventional register specific to a social group

Anagrams

  • glans, langs

French

Etymology

From English slang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slaŋɡ/

Noun

slang m (plural slangs)

  1. English slang

See also

  • argot

Further reading

  • “slang”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s(ə)laŋ/
  • Rhymes: -laŋ, -aŋ, -ŋ
  • Hyphenation: slang

Etymology 1

From Dutch slang (“hose”, literally “snake”), from Middle Dutch slange, from Old Dutch slango, from Proto-Germanic *slangô (“snake, serpent”).

Noun

slang (first-person possessive slangku, second-person possessive slangmu, third-person possessive slangnya)

  1. (rare) hose (flexible tube).
Usage notes

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

Synonyms
  • هوس (hos) (Standard Malay)
  • selang

Etymology 2

From English slang.

Noun

slang (first-person possessive slangku, second-person possessive slangmu, third-person possessive slangnya)

  1. (linguistics) slang, unconventional language.
Synonyms
  • selang
  • slanga (Standard Malay)

Further reading

  • “slang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Limburgish

Etymology 1

From Dutch slang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [slɑŋ(ɡ)]

Noun

slang f

  1. hose (flexible tube)
Inflection

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Etymology 2

Borrowed from English slang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [slæŋ(ɡ)]

Noun

slang f

  1. slang
Inflection

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From English slang.

Noun

slang m (definite singular slangen)

  1. slang (non-standard informal language)
Related terms
  • sjargong

Etymology 2

Verb

slang

  1. imperative of slange

References

  • “slang” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English slang.

Noun

slang m (definite singular slangen)

  1. slang (non-standard informal language)

Related terms

  • sjargong

References

  • “slang” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English slang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slaŋk/
  • Rhymes: -aŋk
  • Syllabification: slang

Noun

slang m inan

  1. (linguistics) argot, jargon, slang
    Synonyms: argot, gwara, żargon

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • slang in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • slang in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English slang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slenɡ/

Noun

slang n (plural slanguri)

  1. slang
    Synonym: argou

Declension

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Low German and Middle Low German slange, from Old Saxon slango, from Proto-Germanic *slangô.

Noun

slang c

  1. hose, tube, flexible pipe
Declension

Etymology 2

From English slang.

Noun

slang c

  1. (uncountable) slang (language)
Declension

References

  • slang in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • slang in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • slang in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

  • glans

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈslaŋ/, [ʔɪsˈlaŋ]
  • Rhymes: -aŋ

Noun

slang (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜎᜅ᜔)

  1. Alternative spelling of islang

Adjective

slang (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜎᜅ᜔)

  1. Alternative spelling of islang

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *slanga, from Proto-Germanic *slangô.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slaŋ/

Noun

slang c (plural slangen, diminutive slankje)

  1. snake

Alternative forms

  • slange

Further reading

  • “slang”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Source: wiktionary.org