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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Sling \Sling\, v. t. [imp. {Slung}, Archaic {Slang}; p. p. {Slung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slinging}.] [AS. slingan; akin to D. slingeren, G. schlingen, to wind, to twist, to creep, OHG. slingan to wind, to twist, to move to and fro, Icel. slyngva, sl["o]ngva, to sling, Sw. slunga, Dan. slynge, Lith. slinkti to creep.] 1. To throw with a sling. "Every one could sling stones at an hairbreadth, and not miss." --Judg. xx. 16. [1913 Webster] 2. To throw; to hurl; to cast. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 3. To hang so as to swing; as, to sling a pack. [1913 Webster] 4. (Naut) To pass a rope round, as a cask, gun, etc., preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Slang \Slang\, imp. of {Sling}. Slung. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Slang \Slang\, n. Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory. [Local, Eng.] --Holland. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Slang \Slang\, n. [Cf. {Sling}.] A fetter worn on the leg by a convict. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Slang \Slang\, n. [Said to be of Gypsy origin; but probably from Scand., and akin to E. sling; cf. Norw. sleng a slinging, an invention, device, slengja to sling, to cast, slengja kjeften (literally, to sling the jaw) to use abusive language, to use slang, slenjeord (ord = word) an insulting word, a new word that has no just reason for being.] Low, vulgar, unauthorized language; a popular but unauthorized word, phrase, or mode of expression; also, the jargon of some particular calling or class in society; low popular cant; as, the slang of the theater, of college, of sailors, etc. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Slang \Slang\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slanged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slanging}.] To address with slang or ribaldry; to insult with vulgar language. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Every gentleman abused by a cabman or slanged by a bargee was bound there and then to take off his coat and challenge him to fisticuffs. --London Spectator. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: slang n 1: informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar; "their speech was full of slang expressions" [syn: {slang}, {slang expression}, {slang term}] 2: a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" [syn: {slang}, {cant}, {jargon}, {lingo}, {argot}, {patois}, {vernacular}] v 1: use slang or vulgar language 2: fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!" [syn: {gull}, {dupe}, {slang}, {befool}, {cod}, {fool}, {put on}, {take in}, {put one over}, {put one across}] 3: abuse with coarse language From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]: Slang /slɛŋ/ argot; slang From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]: slang /slɛŋ/ serpent; snake