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