slang

n. [ Cf. Sling. ] A fetter worn on the leg by a convict. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. of Sling. Slung. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory. [ Local, Eng. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

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 ]

n. Quality of being slangy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Slang + whang to beat. ] One who uses abusive slang; a ranting partisan. [ Colloq. or Humorous ] W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]