slag
Waste material from a mineWaste material from a mine.
» She's always slagging me off.
Sie lästert immer über mich.
Она вечно меня поносит.
Вона завжди обливає мене брудом.
Meaning
8 senses(countable, uncountable)Waste material from a mine.
Abraum
(countable, uncountable)Scum that forms on the surface of molten metal.
the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
(countable, uncountable)Impurities formed and separated out when a metal is smelted from ore; vitrified cinders.
Schlacke
шлакšlak, ока́линаokálina
шлакšlak
(countable, uncountable)Hard aggregate remaining as a residue from blast furnaces, sometimes used as a surfacing material.
Schlampe
шлю́хаšljúxa
(countable, uncountable)Scoria associated with a volcano.
Schlacke, Lava, Schweißschlacke
шлакšlak
(Australia, Ireland, UK, countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable)A prostitute or promiscuous woman; a slut.
(Ireland, UK, countable, dated, derogatory, uncountable)A coward.
(Cockney, Ireland, UK, countable, derogatory, uncountable)A contemptible person, a scumbag.
Examples
4 sentencesShe's always slagging me off.
Вона завжди обливає мене брудом.
ruОна вечно меня поносит.
deSie lästert immer über mich.
Due to improper procedures, the foundry had an excess of slag in the crucible.
Stop slagging off my brilliant idea, it's not naive at all!
deHör auf, meine geniale Idee totzureden, das ist gar nicht naiv!
The tabloids love to slag off celebrities for the slightest misstep, often blowing things out of proportion.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Middle Low German slagge, slaggen (“slag, dross”), from Old Saxon *slaggo, fBorrowed from Middle Low German slagge, slaggen (“slag, dross”), from Old Saxon *slaggo, from Proto-West Germanic *slaggō, from Proto-Germanic *slaggô, from Proto-Germanic *slagōną (“to strike”) + *-gô (diminutive suffix). Compare Middle Low German slāgen (“to strike”), since originally the splinters struck off from the metal by hammering, from *slagōn, from Proto-West Germanic *slagōn. Compare also Old Saxon slegi, from Proto-West Germanic *slagi.
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Forms
plural: slagsSynonyms
245 synonymsWord family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable