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slag
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German slagge (whence also Dutch slak, German Schlacke, Swedish slagg); originally, the splinters struck off from the metal by hammering; compare slay.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /slæ?/
- Rhymes: -æ?
Noun
slag (countable and uncountable, plural slags)
- waste material from a coal mine
- 2011, Vivienne Dockerty, A Woman Undefeated, page 54,
- After the big village, the scenery had returned to grass and woodland, but this had now given way to ugly mounds of discarded slag. Beyond the slag was a colliery with its machinery and smoking chimney, making the whole area look grim and austere.
- 2011, Vivienne Dockerty, A Woman Undefeated, page 54,
- scum that forms on the surface of molten metal
- 2006, Melisa W. Lai, Michele Burns Ewald, Chapter 95: Silver, Martin J. Wonsiewicz, Karen G. Edmonson, Peter J. Boyle (editors), Goldfrank?s Toxicologic Emergencies, 8th Edition, page 1358,
- In Asia Minor and on islands in the Aegean Sea, dumps of slag (scum formed by molten metal surface oxidation) demonstrate that silver was being separated from lead as early as 5000 BC.
- 2009, John Hoerr, Monongahela Dusk, page 255,
- He leans out over the track and skims slag off the top of the boiling steel, risking what is called “catching a flyer,” which occurs when hot metal explodes out of the mold, spraying everyone in the vicinity.
- 2006, Melisa W. Lai, Michele Burns Ewald, Chapter 95: Silver, Martin J. Wonsiewicz, Karen G. Edmonson, Peter J. Boyle (editors), Goldfrank?s Toxicologic Emergencies, 8th Edition, page 1358,
- impurities formed and separated out when a metal is smelted from ore; vitrified cinders
- 2008, Barbara S. Ottaway, Ben Roberts, The Emergence of Metalworking, Andrew Jones (editor), Prehistoric Europe: Theory and Practice, page 207,
- Consequently, mounds of large ‘cakes’ of slag are often found near the smelting sites of the Late Bronze Age, as for example at Ramsau in Austria (Doonan et al. 1996).
- Synonyms: dross, recrement, scoria
- 2008, Barbara S. Ottaway, Ben Roberts, The Emergence of Metalworking, Andrew Jones (editor), Prehistoric Europe: Theory and Practice, page 207,
- hard aggregate remaining as a residue from blast furnaces, sometimes used as a surfacing material
- 2006, Jan R. Prusinski, 44: Slag as a Cementitious Material, Joseph F. Lamond, James H. Pielert (editors), Significance of Tests and Properties of Concrete and Concrete-Making Materials, page 517,
- During blast furnace operations, the plant operator pays careful attention to the slag chemistry (both composition and variability) as slag behavior is a major consideration in ensuring the quality of hot metal (molten iron).
- 2010, Yuri N. Toulouevski, Ilyaz Y. Zinurov, Innovation in Electric Arc Furnaces, Springer, page 16,
- All these properties are determined by slag composition and its temperature. In basic slags, foaming ability increases as SiO2 concentration grows.
- 2006, Jan R. Prusinski, 44: Slag as a Cementitious Material, Joseph F. Lamond, James H. Pielert (editors), Significance of Tests and Properties of Concrete and Concrete-Making Materials, page 517,
- scoria associated with a volcano
- (Britain, derogatory, dated) a coward
- (Britain, chiefly Cockney, derogatory) a contemptible person, a scumbag
- 1996, Sarah Kane, Phaedra?s Love, Scene 8, 2001, Sarah Kane: Complete Plays, page 100,
- Kill him. Kill the royal slag.
- 2012, Danny Dyer, tweet, quoted by Alexis Petridis, "Danny Dyer: why them 9/11 slags are freaking his nut", The Guardian
- Can't believe it's been nearly 11 years since them slags smashed into the twin towers
- 1996, Sarah Kane, Phaedra?s Love, Scene 8, 2001, Sarah Kane: Complete Plays, page 100,
- (Britain, derogatory) a prostitute
- 1984, Tristan Jones, Heart of Oak, 1997, paperback edition, page 260,
- We never talked about that, of course; we talked about how we could find a woman in the Dilly, and if the Yanks had taken them all, how we could always resort to the peroxided older slags who hung out around the side doors to Waterloo station and did knee tremblers for the Yanks.
- 1984, Tristan Jones, Heart of Oak, 1997, paperback edition, page 260,
- (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, slang, derogatory) a woman (sometimes a man) who has loose morals relating to sex; a slut
- 2002, Josephine Cox, The Woman Who Left, 2012, ebook, unnumbered page,
- ‘Slag! Wait till I tell Jacob what we?ve been doing – and I will, you mark my words! He?ll want nowt to do with you then, will he, eh? He?ll see you for what you really are. A cheap and nasty little bitch!’
- 2008, Ashley Lister, Swingers - Female Confidential, page 31,
- ‘ […] He was a lovely man but, when I told him I wanted to continue swinging, he freaked out and called me a slag.’
- 2002, Josephine Cox, The Woman Who Left, 2012, ebook, unnumbered page,
Synonyms
- (woman with loose sexual morals): see Thesaurus:promiscuous woman
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- clinker
Verb
slag (third-person singular simple present slags, present participle slagging, simple past and past participle slagged)
- (transitive) To produce slag.
- (intransitive) To become slag; to agglomerate when heated below the fusion point.
- (transitive) To reduce to slag.
- (slang, transitive, sometimes with "off") to talk badly about; to malign or denigrate (someone)
- 2010, Courtenay Young, Help Yourself Towards Mental Health, page 344:
- If you slag off the other person, then—to the extent that your child identifies with that person as their parent—you are slagging off a part of them.
- 2011, John Davies, Slings and Arrows (page 109)
- Rather than wait for her to start slagging my mother, I would disappear for a couple of days and inevitably, because I was getting no love at home, I began to stray once again.
- 2010, Courtenay Young, Help Yourself Towards Mental Health, page 344:
- (intransitive, Australia, slang) To spit.
Derived terms
Translations
References
- slag in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “slag”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- GALS, gals, lags
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse slag, slagr from Proto-Germanic *slag?, *slagiz, cognate with German Schlag.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sla???/, [?sl?æ?j], [?sl?æ?], (in the sense “game” and some fixed expressions) IPA(key): /sla?/, [?sl??w]
Noun
slag n (singular definite slaget, plural indefinite slag)
- A hit, punch
- A beat
- A battle (between two armies or, metaphorically two competing parties)
- A game.
Derived terms
References
- “slag” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch slach, from Old Dutch slag, from Proto-West Germanic *slagi, from Proto-Germanic *slagiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sl?x/
- Hyphenation: slag
- Rhymes: -?x
Noun
slag m (plural slagen, diminutive slagje n)
- A blow, knock, strike
- A stroke, limb movement; a style of movement, notably in swimming
- A twist, turn
- A beat, pulsation
- A stroke, blow, physical impact
- A count, occurrence; the striking of a clock
- A battle, violent confrontation
- (ball sports) A strike, hit
- Antonym: wijd
- style of swimming
Derived terms
Noun
slag n (plural slagen, diminutive slagje n)
- A kind, type, sort.
- A parcel, plot, premise (stretch of land).
Anagrams
- glas
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse slag, from Proto-Germanic *slagiz (“hit, blow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sl?a?/
Noun
slag n (genitive singular slags, plural sløg)
- A hit; punch.
- (medicine) A cardiac stroke.
- A battle between two armies, navies or air forces
- A kind; sort.
- (biology, taxonomy) A species.
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- Lívfrøðilig frøðinevni (Jens-Kjeld Jensen & Marjun A. Simonsen) (nomenclature)
- Øktur føroyskur frøðinevnalisti (Jens-Kjeld Jensen) (Extended List of Nomenclature)
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse slag, from Proto-Germanic *slagiz (“hit, blow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stla??/
- Rhymes: -a??
Noun
slag n (genitive singular slags, nominative plural slög)
- A beat, stroke, blow (an act of hitting, beating, striking).
- (music) A beat.
Declension
Derived terms
- slegill
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse slag, and slagr (sense 4).
Noun
slag n (definite singular slaget, indefinite plural slag, definite plural slaga or slagene)
- A hit; punch.
- (medicine) A cardiac stroke.
- A battle between two armies, navies or air forces.
- A kind; sort.
Derived terms
References
- “slag” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sl???/ (example of pronunciation)
Etymology 1
From Old Norse slag.
Noun
slag n (definite singular slaget, indefinite plural slag, definite plural slaga)
- a blow, a strike, a punch.
- a battle.
- (medicine) a stroke
- (nautical) a bilge
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Norse slagr.
Noun
slag n (definite singular slaget, indefinite plural slag, definite plural slaga)
- A type, a kind, a sort.
Derived terms
References
- “slag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- lags
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse slag, from Proto-Germanic *slagiz (“hit, blow”).
Pronunciation
Noun
slag n
- A hit; punch.
- A hit of a ball by a bat or a racket.
- A battle between two armies, navies or air forces
- Synonym: fältslag
- A stroke; the striking of a clock
- stroke; the time when a clock strikes
- (medicine) stroke; a loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted.
- A kind; sort.
- Synonym: sort
- A while; moment; a short period of time.
- Synonym: stund
- A fold on the legs of a pair of trousers, where about an inch of the leg is folded upwards.
Declension
See also
- få slag
Anagrams
- algs, glas, lags
slag From the web:
saag
English
Alternative forms
- sag
Etymology
From Hindi ??? (s?g).
Noun
saag (uncountable)
- An Indian dish made from greens (usually spinach) cooked down to a thick paste.
Anagrams
- AGAs, Agas, GAAs, Saga, agas, saga
Estonian
Etymology
From Middle Low German sage.
Noun
saag (genitive sae, partitive saagi)
- saw
Declension
Related terms
- saagima
Tiruray
Noun
saag
- floor
Wolof
Noun
saag
- bag
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