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Definition of slag noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

slag

noun
 
/slæɡ/
 
/slæɡ/
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  1. [uncountable] the waste material that remains after metal has been removed from rock
  2. [countable] (British English, slang, offensive) an offensive word for a woman, used to suggest that she has a lot of sexual partners
    3. Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Middle Low German slagge, perhaps from slagen ‘strike’, with reference to fragments formed by hammering. The verb sense ‘criticize’ dates from the 1970s.
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