Slang

Part of speech: noun (n.)

imp. of Sling. Slung. [Archaic]

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A fetter worn on the leg by a convict. [Eng.]

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To address with slang or ribaldry; to insult with vulgar language. [Colloq.] 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.