Meaning

8 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Waste material from a mine.

    Abraum

  2. (countable, uncountable)Scum that forms on the surface of molten metal.

    the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals

  3. (countable, uncountable)Impurities formed and separated out when a metal is smelted from ore; vitrified cinders.

    Schlacke

    шлакšlak, ока́линаokálina

    шлакšlak

  4. (countable, uncountable)Hard aggregate remaining as a residue from blast furnaces, sometimes used as a surfacing material.

    Schlampe

    шлю́хаšljúxa

  5. (countable, uncountable)Scoria associated with a volcano.

    Schlacke, Lava, Schweißschlacke

    шлакšlak

  6. (Australia, Ireland, UK, countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable)A prostitute or promiscuous woman; a slut.

  7. (Ireland, UK, countable, dated, derogatory, uncountable)A coward.

  8. (Cockney, Ireland, UK, countable, derogatory, uncountable)A contemptible person, a scumbag.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. She's always slagging me off.

    Вона завжди обливає мене брудом.

    ruОна вечно меня поносит.

    deSie lästert immer über mich.

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  2. Due to improper procedures, the foundry had an excess of slag in the crucible.

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  3. Stop slagging off my brilliant idea, it's not naive at all!

    deHör auf, meine geniale Idee totzureden, das ist gar nicht naiv!

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  4. The tabloids love to slag off celebrities for the slightest misstep, often blowing things out of proportion.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the impurities which result and are separated out when melting a metal or refining it from its ore:
Русский
By meaning 2
the impurities which result and are separated out when melting a metal or refining it from its ore:
a woman (sometimes a man) who has loose morals relating to sex:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
waste material from a mine:
the impurities which result and are separated out when melting a metal or refining it from its ore:
a woman (sometimes a man) who has loose morals relating to sex:
the scoria of a volcano:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle Low German slagge, slaggen (“slag, dross”), from Old Saxon *slaggo, f

Borrowed 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: slags
Singularslag
Pluralslags

regular

Synonyms

245 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals:scoriadross

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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