Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To purify by melting and removing slag.

    There is a lot of copper oxide, but I can remove that by melting everything and slagging it off.

  2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, transitive)To talk insultingly to or about someone or something; usually one who is not present.

    оха́иватьoxáivatʹ, ха́ятьxájatʹ

Examples

3 sentences

  1. She's always slagging me off.

    Вона завжди обливає мене брудом. — deniko

    ruОна вечно меня поносит. — marafon

    deSie lästert immer über mich. — Esperantostern

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

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

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

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Translations

2 languages
Русский
to talk insultingly to or about someone or something:

Forms

slags off, slagging off, slagged off, slagged off
Base formslag off · to slag off
3rd person singularslags off
Present participleslagging off
Past simpleslagged off
Past participleslagged off

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyslag off
he, she, itslags off

Past simpleLesson

all personsslagged off

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave slagged off
he, she, ithas slagged off

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill slag off

Synonyms

29 synonyms
abuseB2insultB2burnB1carryA1offendB2sendA2scandalB2slightB1spiteB2woundB2sluraffrontcut downdisrespect

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
slacklineslacksslagslalomslamB2
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