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Senses
Sense 1 noun
informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar
their speech was full of slang expressions
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Sense 2 verb
use slang or vulgar language
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Sense 3 noun
a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
they don't speak our lingo
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- slang
- slangy
- bite
- swiz
- heist
- shakedown
- power trip
- fuck
- cock sucking
- jacking off
- dekko
- square-bashing
- shakedown
- Benzedrine
- caff
- Caterpillar
- deck
- gat
- Mickey Finn
- nick
- schlock
- cert
- legs
- cadaver
- soup-strainer
- bunghole
- bay window
- niff
- corker
- stuff and nonsense
- humbug
- trumpery
- skin flick
- dibs
- bunfight
- burnup
- nosh-up
- hood
- 'hood
- paleface
- white trash
- whitey
- slant-eye
- Redskin
- kike
- Chinaman
- wop
- Jap
- spic
- Kraut
- airhead
- babe
- bad egg
- boffin
- dike
- good egg
- guvnor
- old man
- out-and-outer
- schlockmeister
- squeeze
- suit
- tripper
- baddie
- wog
- juice
- big bucks
- key
- skinful
- juice
- the shits
- jitters
- bitch
- give
- buy it
- feel
- hoof
- chuck
- bunk off
- square
- besotted
- can-do
- freaky
- uncool
- butch
- grotty
- some
- mean
- bolshy
- runty
- slam-bang
- clean
- drop-dead
Sense 4 verb
fool or hoax
The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone
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Sense 5 verb
abuse with coarse language
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | slang |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | slang |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | slangy |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | non-standard speech |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | jargon |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | slang |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | talk |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | slang |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | slangy |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | bite |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | swiz |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | heist |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | shakedown |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | power trip |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | fuck |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | cock sucking |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | jacking off |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | dekko |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | square-bashing |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | shakedown |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | Benzedrine |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | caff |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | Caterpillar |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | deck |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | gat |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | Mickey Finn |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | nick |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | schlock |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | cert |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | legs |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | cadaver |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | soup-strainer |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | bunghole |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | bay window |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | niff |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | corker |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | stuff and nonsense |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | humbug |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | trumpery |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | skin flick |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | dibs |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | bunfight |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | burnup |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | nosh-up |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | hood |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | 'hood |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | paleface |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | white trash |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | whitey |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | slant-eye |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | Redskin |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | kike |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | Chinaman |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | wop |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | Jap |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | spic |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | Kraut |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | airhead |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | babe |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | bad egg |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | boffin |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | dike |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | good egg |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | guvnor |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | old man |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | out-and-outer |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | schlockmeister |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | squeeze |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | suit |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | tripper |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | baddie |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | wog |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | juice |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | big bucks |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | key |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | skinful |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | juice |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | the shits |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | jitters |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | bitch |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | give |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | buy it |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | feel |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | hoof |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | chuck |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | bunk off |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | square |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | besotted |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | can-do |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | freaky |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | uncool |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | butch |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | grotty |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | some |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | mean |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | bolshy |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | runty |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | slam-bang |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | clean |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | drop-dead |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | non-standard speech |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | street name |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rhyming slang |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dupery |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | take-in |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sucker |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fool |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dupe |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | deceive |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | kid |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | slang |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | blackguard |