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slab
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /slæb/
- Rhymes: -æb
Etymology 1
From Middle English sclabbe, slabbe, of uncertain origin; possibly from *slap, related to dialectal slappel (“portion, piece”), along with slape (“slippery”), sleip (“smooth piece of timber”), borrowed through Old Norse sleipr from Proto-Germanic *slaipaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyb-. See also Norwegian sleip (“slippery”) and Icelandic sleipur.
Noun
slab (plural slabs)
- A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat.
- 1859, John Lang, Botany Bay, or, True Tales of Early Australia, page 155,
- There were no windows in the inn. They were not required, since the interstices between the slabs suffered the wind, the rain, and the light of day to penetrate simultaneously.
- 1913, Jack London, John Barleycorn, 2008, page 14,
- Then there was the Mexican who sold big slabs of chewing taffy for five cents each.
- 2010, Ryan Humphreys, The Flirtations of Dan Harris, page 73,
- “The pier? You mean those few sodden logs tied together and that dingy slab of rough concrete.”
- 1859, John Lang, Botany Bay, or, True Tales of Early Australia, page 155,
- A paving stone; a flagstone.
- (Australia) A carton containing 24 cans of beer.
- 2001, Les Carlyon, Gallipoli, page 8,
- The Australians murder a few slabs of beer and the New Zealanders murder a few vowels.
- 2008, Diem Vo, Family Life, Alice Pung (editor), page 156,
- However, unlike in Ramsay Street, there were never any cups of tea or bickies served. Instead, each family unit came armed with a slab of beer.
- 2010, Holly Smith, Perth, Western Australia & the Outback, Hunter Publishing, unnumbered page,
- Common 375-ml cans are called tinnies, and can be bought in 24-can slabs for discounted prices.
- 2009, Ross Fitzgerald, Trevor Jordan, Under the Influence: A History of Alcohol in Australia, 2011, unnumbered page,
- One essential part of the strategy for selling regionally identified beers beyond their borders was the selling of slabs — a package of four six-packs of stubbies or cans — for discounted prices interstate.
- 2001, Les Carlyon, Gallipoli, page 8,
- An outside piece taken from a log or timber when sawing it into boards, planks, etc.
- A bird, the wryneck.
- (nautical) The slack part of a sail.
- (US, slang) A large, luxury pre-1980 General Motors vehicle, particularly a Buick, Oldsmobile, or Cadillac.
- (surfing) A very large wave.
- 2009, Bruce Boal, The Surfing Yearbook, SurfersVillage, page 31,
- After being towed into a massive slab, Dorian dropped down the face and caught a rail, putting him in a near-impossible situation.
- 2011, Douglas Booth, Surfing: The Ultimate Guide, page 95,
- In August 2000 he successfully rode a slab of unfathomable power at Teahupo?o.
- 2009, Bruce Boal, The Surfing Yearbook, SurfersVillage, page 31,
- (computing) A sequence of 12 adjacent bits, serving as a byte in some computers.
- (computing) The amount by which a cache can grow or shrink, used in memory allocation.
- (geology) Part of a tectonic plate that is being subducted.
- 2015, Dapeng Zhao, Multiscale Seismic Tomography, Springer, page 72,
- Being driven by the gravitational force, the subducting Pacific slab continues to sink down to the boundary between the upper and lower mantle...
- 2015, Dapeng Zhao, Multiscale Seismic Tomography, Springer, page 72,
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
slab (third-person singular simple present slabs, present participle slabbing, simple past and past participle slabbed)
- (transitive) To make something into a slab.
Etymology 2
Compare Goidelic and Irish slaib (“mud, mire left on a river strand”), and English slop (“puddle”).
Noun
slab (plural slabs)
- (archaic) Mud, sludge.
- 1664, John Evelyn, Sylva, Or A Discourse of Forest Trees, Volume 1,
- Some do also plant oziers in their eights, like quick-sets, thick, and (near the water) keep them not more than half a foot above ground; but then they must be diligently cleansed from moss, slab, and ouze, and frequently prun'd (especially the smaller spires) to form single shoots; […] .
- 1664, John Evelyn, Sylva, Or A Discourse of Forest Trees, Volume 1,
Derived terms
- slabby
Adjective
slab (comparative more slab, superlative most slab)
- (archaic) Thick; viscous.
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act IV, Scene 1,[2]
- Make the gruel thick and slab:
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act IV, Scene 1,[2]
Etymology 3
Acronym of Slow, Loud And Bangin'. This term been popularized through the southern rap genre of hip-hop, most notably by rappers such as Paul Wall, Chamillionaire, Lil' Keke, and others.
Noun
slab (plural slabs)
- (Southern US, slang) A car that has been modified with equipment such as loudspeakers, lights, special paint, hydraulics, and other accessories.
- 2005, Chamillionaire (featuring Krayzie Bone), "Ridin'", The Sound of Revenge:
- Pull me over, try to check my slab
- 2006, Trae (featuring Pimp C and Big Hawk), "Swang", Restless:
- I'mma swang, I'mma swing my slab lean to the left
- 2012, Bobby Austin, By All Mean$, AuthorHouse (2012), ?ISBN, page 56:
- All three of them recognized who the Lexus'[sic] belonged to so he parked his slab and they cocked their guns.
- 2005, Chamillionaire (featuring Krayzie Bone), "Ridin'", The Sound of Revenge:
References
- slab in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- B.L.A.S., BALs, BASL, BLAs, LABs, Labs, albs, labs
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- slabu
Etymology
From a Slavic language, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *slàb?. Compare Romanian slab, Bulgarian and Macedonian ???? (slab), Serbo-Croatian sl?b.
Adjective
slab m (feminine slabã, masculine plural slaghi, feminine plural slabi or slabe)
- weak
- lean, thin, skinny
- bad, wicked, evil
Synonyms
- (bad): arãu
Antonyms
- (weak): vãrtos, cadãr, putut, ndrumin, silnãos
- (thin, lean): gras
- (bad): bun
Derived terms
- slãbintsã
- slãbushcu
Related terms
- slãghescu
Noun
slab m
- evil
Synonyms
- arãu, rãu
Derived terms
- slabã
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
slab f (plural slabben, diminutive slabbetje n)
- (also very common in the diminutive) bib
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English slab
Noun
slab m (invariable)
- slab (of metal to be worked)
- Synonym: bramma
Romanian
Etymology
From Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *slàb?. Compare Aromanian slab, Bulgarian and Macedonian ???? (slab), Serbo-Croatian sl?b.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [slab]
Adjective
slab m or n (feminine singular slab?, masculine plural slabi, feminine and neuter plural slabe)
- weak
- thin, skinny
Declension
Antonyms
- (weak): puternic
- (thin): gras
Related terms
See also
- sub?ire
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *slàb?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /slâb/
Adjective
sl?b (definite sl?b?, comparative slabiji, Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- weak
Declension
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *slàb?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sláp/
Adjective
sl?b (comparative sl?bši, superlative n?jsl?bši)
- bad (not good)
- weak
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- presl?b
Further reading
- “slab”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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