/ slæg; NAmE / noun , verb
■ noun
1.
[ U ] the waste material that remains after metal has been removed from rock
2.
[ C ] ( BrE , slang ) an offensive word for a woman, used to suggest that she has a lot of sexual partners
■ verb
( -gg- )
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PHRASAL VERBS
- slag sb off
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 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.