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slang
NounTransitive VerbIntransitive Verb
Meanings
Noun
Very informal language that is more common in spoken conversation than in writing and is typically used by a particular group of people.
"The teenagers were using slang that their parents could not understand."
Transitive Verb
[~ something]
To express something using informal or non-standard vocabulary.
"He tended to slang his descriptions of the city to make them sound more exciting."
Intransitive Verb
To speak using informal or non-standard vocabulary.
"They spent the whole afternoon slanging and joking around."