chiefly British slang
: a lewd or promiscuous woman
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Examples of slag in a Sentence
Verb
London reviewers slagged off the new play for being another kitchen-sink drama.
Recent Examples on the Web
Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2024
Instead, what had been one of Biden’s most persistent slags suddenly got shifted to Trump, who is just three years his junior.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 16 Oct. 2024
At that time, a version of the material that used slag as a binder was being used to retrofit a 120-year-old Seattle building's foundation.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2024
Carol handed me a piece of slag—black, glassy rock—that had come from one of the reactors after the extraction of key elements.
—Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Steel mills dumped slag on the preserve’s southern portions.
—Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2024
Instead, what had been one of Biden’s most persistent slags suddenly got shifted to Trump, who is just three years his junior.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 16 Oct. 2024
At that time, a version of the material that used slag as a binder was being used to retrofit a 120-year-old Seattle building's foundation.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2024
Carol handed me a piece of slag—black, glassy rock—that had come from one of the reactors after the extraction of key elements.
—Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for slag
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“Slag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slag. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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