Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 92
Slacked (imp. & p. p.) of Slacken.
Slackened () of Slacken.
Slacking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slacken.
Slackening () of Slacken.
Slack (v. i.) Alt. of Slacken.
Slacken (v. i.) To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather.
Slacken (v. i.) To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.
Slacken (v. i.) To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks.
Slacken (v. i.) To abate; to become less violent.
Whence these raging fires Will slacken, if his breath stir not their flames. -- Milton.
Slacken (v. i.) To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens.
Slacken (v. i.) To languish; to fail; to flag.
Slacken (a.) To end; to cease; to desist; to slake. [Obs.]
That through your death your lineage should slack. -- Chaucer.
They will not of that firste purpose slack. -- Chaucer. Slack
Slack (v. t.) Alt. of Slacken
Slacken (v. t.) To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage. -- Wycklif (Acts xxvii. 40)
Slacken (v. t.) To neglect; to be remiss in. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Slack not the pressage. -- Dryden.
Slacken (v. t.) To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime.
Slacken (v. t.) To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry. "Rancor for to slack." -- Chaucer.
I should be grieved, young prince, to think my presence Unbent your thoughts, and slackened 'em to arms. -- Addison.
In this business of growing rich, poor men should slack their pace. -- South.
With such delay Well plased, they slack their course. -- Milton.
Slacken (v. t.) To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.
To respite, or deceive, or slack thy pain Of this ill mansion. -- Milton.
Air-slacked lime, Lime slacked by exposure to the air, in consequence of the absorption of carton dioxide and water, by which it is converted into carbonate of lime and hydrate of lime.
Slacken (n.) (Metal.) A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion. [Written also slakin.]
Slacken (v.) Become slow or slower; "Production slowed" [syn: {slow}, {slow down}, {slow up}, {slack}, {slacken}].
Slacken (v.) Make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now" [syn: {slack}, {slacken}, {slack up}, {relax}].
Slacken (v.) Become looser or slack; "the rope slackened."
Slacken (v.) Make slack as by lessening tension or firmness [syn: {slacken}, {remit}].
Slackly (adv.) In a slack manner. -- Trench.
Slackly (adv.) In a relaxed manner; not rigid; "his hands lay loosely" [syn: loosely, slackly].
Slackness (n.) The quality or state of being slack.
Slackness (n.) Weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy [syn: inanition, lassitude, lethargy, slackness].
Slackness (n.) The quality of being loose (not taut); "he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope" [syn: slack, slackness].
Slackness (n.) The quality of being lax and neglectful [syn: laxness, laxity, remissness, slackness].
Slade (n.) A little dell or valley; a flat piece of low, moist ground. [Obs.] -- Drayton.
Slade (n.) The sole of a plow.
Compare: Sole
Sole (n.) The bottom of the foot; hence, also, rarely, the foot itself.
The dove found no rest for the sole of her foot. -- Gen. viii. 9.
Hast wandered through the world now long a day,Yet ceasest not thy weary soles to lead. -- Spenser.
Sole (n.) The bottom of a shoe or boot, or the piece of leather which constitutes the bottom.
The "caliga" was a military shoe, with a very thick sole, tied above the instep. -- Arbuthnot.
Sole (n) The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing. Specifially:
Sole (n) (a) (Agric.) The bottom of the body of a plow; -- called also slade; also, the bottom of a furrow.
Sole (n) (b) (Far.) The horny substance under a horse's foot, which protects the more tender parts.
Sole (n) (c) (Fort.) The bottom of an embrasure.
Sole (n) (d) (Naut.) A piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false keel. -- Totten.
Sole (n) (e) (Mining) The seat or bottom of a mine; -- applied to horizontal veins or lodes.
Sole leather, Thick, strong, used for making the soles of boots and shoes, and for other purposes.
Slag (n.) The dross, or recrement, of a metal; also, vitrified cinders.
Slag (n.) The scoria of a volcano.
Slag (n.) (Metal.) A product of smelting, containing, mostly as silicates, the substances not sought to be produced as matte or metal, and having a lower specific gravity than the latter; -- called also, esp. in iron smelting, cinder. The slag of iron blast furnaces is essentially silicate of calcium, magnesium, and aluminium; that of lead and copper smelting furnaces contains iron.
Slag furnace, or Slag hearth (Metal.), A furnace, or hearth, for extracting lead from slags or poor ore.
Slag wool, mineral wool. See under Mineral.
Slag (v. i. & t.) [imp. & p. p. Slagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Slagging.] (Metal.) To form, or form into, a slag; to agglomerate when heated below the fusion point.
Slag (n.) The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals [syn: slag, scoria, dross].
Slag (v.) Convert into slag.
Slaggy (a.) Of or pertaining to slag; resembling slag; as, slaggy cobalt.
Compare: Sley
Sley (n.) A weaver's reed. [Spelt also slaie.]
Sley (n.) A guideway in a knitting machine. -- Knight.
Sley (n.) (Weaving) The number of ends per inch in the cloth, provided each dent in the reed in which it was made contained an equal number of ends. -- E. Whitworth.
Sley (v. t.) To separate or part the threads of, and arrange them in a reed; -- a term used by weavers. See Sleave, and Sleid.
Slaie (n.) A weaver's reed; a sley.
Slaked (imp. & p. p.) of Slake.
Slaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slake.
Slake (v. t.) To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst. "And slake the heavenly fire." -- Spenser.
It could not slake mine ire nor ease my heart. -- Shak.
Slake (v. t.) To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime.
Slake (v. i.) To go out; to become extinct. "His flame did slake." -- Sir T. Browne.
Slake (v. i.) To abate; to become less decided. [R.] -- Shak.
Slake (v. i.) To slacken; to become relaxed. "When the body's strongest sinews slake." [R.] -- Sir J. Davies.
Slake (v. i.) To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place; as, the lime slakes.
Slake trough, A trough containing water in which a blacksmith cools a forging or tool.
Slake (v.) Satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst" [syn: quench, slake, allay, assuage].
Slake (v.) Make less active or intense [syn: slake, abate, slack].
Slake (v.) Cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime" [syn: slack, slake].
Slaked (a.) Allayed; "his thirst quenched he was able to continue" [syn: quenched, satisfied, slaked].
Slakeless (a.) Not capable of being slaked.
Slacken (n.) (Metal.) A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion. [Written also slakin.]
Slacken (v.) Become slow or slower; "Production slowed" [syn: slow, slow down, slow up, slack, slacken].
Slacken (v.) Make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now" [syn: slack, slacken, slack up, relax].
Slacken (v.) Become looser or slack; "the rope slackened."
Slacken (v.) Make slack as by lessening tension or firmness [syn: slacken, remit].
Slakin (n.) (Metal.) Slacken.
Slam (v. i.) To come or swing against something, or to shut, with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise; as, a door or shutter slams.
lam (n.) The act of one who, or that which, slams.
Slam (n.) The shock and noise produced in slamming.
The slam and the scowl were lost upon Sam. -- Dickens.
Slam (n.) (Card Playing) Winning all the tricks of a deal. (called, in bridge.
Grand slam, The winning of all but one of the thirteen tricks being called a.
Little slam or Small slam).
Slam (n.) The refuse of alum works. [Prov. Eng.]
Slammed (imp. & p. p.) of Slam.
Slamming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slam.
Slam (v. t.) To shut with force and a loud noise; to bang; as, he slammed the door.
Slam (v. t.) To put in or on some place with force and loud noise; -- usually with down; as, to slam a trunk down on the pavement.
Slam (v. t.) To strike with some implement with force; hence, to beat or cuff. [Prov. Eng.]
Slam (v. t.) To strike down; to slaughter. [Prov. Eng.]
Slam (v. t.) To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand. -- Hoyle.
To slam to, To shut or close with a slam. "He slammed to the door." -- W. D. Howells.
Slam (n.) Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge [syn: slam, sweep].
Slam (n.) The noise made by the forceful impact of two objects.
Slam (n.) A forceful impact that makes a loud noise.
Slam (n.) An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets" [syn: shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe].
Slam (v.) Close violently; "He slammed the door shut" [syn: slam,bang].
Slam (v.) Strike violently; "slam the ball" [syn: slam, bang].
Slam (v.) Dance the slam dance [syn: slam dance, slam, mosh, thrash].
Slam (v.) Throw violently; "He slammed the book on the table" [syn: slam, flap down].
SLAM, () Simulation Language for Alternative Modeling.
SLAM, () Simulation Language for Alternative Modeling.
SLAM, () A continuous simulation language.
["SLAM - A New Continuous Simulation Language", N.A. Wallington et al, in SCS Simulation Council Proc Series: Toward Real-Time Simulation (Languages, Models and Systems), R.E. Crosbie et al eds, 6(1):85-89 (Dec 1976)]. (1995-03-03)
Slam-bang (adv.) With great violence; with a slamming or banging noise. [Colloq.] Slamkin
Slam-bang (adv.) In a careless or reckless manner; "the shelves were put up slapdash" [syn: slapdash, slam-bang].
Slam-bang (adv.) With heedless speed; "yachts ran slap-bang into the convoy at 15 knots an hour."
Slam-bang (adv.) In a violent or sudden or noisy manner; "the pans fell slam-bang and woke the whole house" [syn: slam-bang, slap-bang].
Slam-bang (a.) Violent and sudden and noisy; "a slam-bang collision".
Slamkin (n.) Alt. of Slammerkin.
Slammerkin (n.) A slut; a slatternly woman. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Slander (n.) 中傷，誹謗 A false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to injure the reputation of another; the malicious utterance of defamatory reports; the dissemination of malicious tales or suggestions to the injury of another.
Whether we speak evil of a man to his face or behind his back; the former way, indeed, seems to be the most generous, but yet is a great fault, and that which we call "reviling;" the latter is more mean and base, and that which we properly call "slander", or "Backbiting." -- Tillotson.
[We] make the careful magistrate The mark of slander. -- B. Jonson.
Slander (n.) Disgrace; reproach; dishonor; opprobrium.
Thou slander of thy mother's heavy womb. -- Shak.
Slander (n.) (Law) Formerly, defamation generally, whether oral or written; in modern usage, defamation by words spoken; utterance of false, malicious, and defamatory words, tending to the damage and derogation of another; calumny. See the Note under Defamation. -- Burril.
Slandered (imp. & p. p.) of Slander.
Slandering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slander.
Slander (v. t.) 中傷，誹謗 To defame; to injure by maliciously uttering a false report; to tarnish or impair the reputation of by false tales maliciously told or propagated; to calumniate.
O, do not slander him, for he is kind. -- Shak.
Slander (v. t.) To bring discredit or shame upon by one's acts.
Tax not so bad a voice To slander music any more than once. -- Shak.
Syn: To asperse; defame; calumniate; vilify; malign; belie; scandalize; reproach. See Asperse.
Slander (n.) Words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another.
Slander (n.) An abusive attack on a person's character or good name [syn: {aspersion}, {calumny}, {slander}, {defamation}, {denigration}].
Slander (v.) Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation" [syn: {defame}, {slander}, {smirch}, {asperse}, {denigrate}, {calumniate}, {smear}, {sully}, {besmirch}].
Slander, () torts. The defaming a man in his reputation by speaking or writing words which affect his life, office, or trade, or which tend to his loss of preferment in marriage or service, or in his inheritance, or which occasion any other particular damage. Law of Nisi Prius, 3. In England, if slander be spoken of a peer, or other great man, it is called Scandalum Magnatum. Falsity and malice are ingredients of slander. Bac. Abr. Slander. Written or printed slanders are libels; see that word.
Slander, () 2. Here it is proposed to treat of verbal slander only, which may be considered with reference to, 1st. The nature of the accusation. 2d. The falsity of the charge. 3d. The mode of publication. 4th. The occasion; and 5th. The malice or motive of the slander.
Slander, () 3.-Sec. 1. Actionable words are of two descriptions; first, those actionable in themselves, without proof of special damages and, secondly, those actionable only in respect of some actual consequential damages.
Slander, () 4.-1. Words of the first description must impute: 1st. The guilt of some offence for which the party, if guilty, might be indicted and punished by the criminal courts; as to call a person a "traitor," "thief," "highwayman;" or to say that he is guilty of "perjury," "forgery," "murder," and the like. And although the imputation of guilt be general, without stating the particulars of the pretended crime, it is actionable. Cro. Jac. 114, 142; 6 T. R. 674; 3 Wils. 186; 2 Vent. 266; 2 New Rep. 335. See 3 Serg. & Rawle, 255 7 Serg. & Rawle, 451; 1 Binn. 452; 5 Binn. 218; 3 Serg. & Rawle, 261; 2 Binn. 34; 4 Yeates, 423; 10 Serg. & Rawle, 44; Stark. onSlander, 13 to 42; 8 Mass. 248; 13 Johns. 124; Id. 275.
Slander, () 5.-2d. That the party has a disease or distemper which renders him unfit for society. Bac. Abr. Slander, B 2. An action can therefore be sustained for calling a man a leper. Cro. Jac. 144 Stark. on Slander, 97. But charging another with having had a contagious disease is not actionable, as he will not, on that account, be excluded from society. 2 T. R. 473, 4; 2 Str. 1189; Bac. Abr. tit. Slander, B 2. A charge which renders a man ridiculous, and impairs the enjoyment of general society, and injures those imperfect rights of friendly intercourse and mutual benevolence which man has with respect to man, is also actionable. Holt on Libels, 221.
Slander, () 6.-3d. Unfitness in an officer, who holds an office to which profit or emolument is attached, either in respect of morals or inability to discharge the duties of the office in such a case an action lies. 1 Salk. 695, 698; Rolle, Ab. 65; 2 Esp. R. 500; 5 Co. 125; 4 Co. 16 a; 1 Str. 617; 2 Ld. Raym. 1369; Bull. N. P. 4; Holt on Libels, 207; Stark. on Slander, 100.
Slander, () 7.-4th. The want of integrity or capacity, whether mental or pecuniary, in the conduct of a profession, trade or business, in which the party is engaged, is actionable, 1 Mal. Entr. 244 as to accuse an attorney or artist of inability, inattention, or want of integrity; 3 Wils. 187; 2 Bl. Rep. 750; or a clergyman of being a drunkard; 1 Binn. 178; is actionable. See Holt on Libels, 210; Id. 217.
Slander, () 8.-2. Of the second class are words which are actionable only in respect of special damages sustained by the party slandered. Though the law will not permit in these cases the inference of damage, yet when the damage has actually been sustained, the party aggrieved may support an action for the publication of an untruth; 1 Lev. 53; 1 Sid. 79, 80; 3 Wood. 210; 2 Leon. 111; unless the assertion be made for the assertion of a supposed claim; Com. Dig. tit. Action upon the case for Defamation, D 30; Bac. Ab. Slander, B; but it lies if maliciously spoken. See 1 Rolle, Ab. 36 1 Saund. 243 Bac. Abr. Slander, C; 8 T. R. 130 8 East, R. 1; Stark. on Slander, 157.
Slander, () 9.-Sec. 2. The charge must be false; 5 Co. 125, 6; Hob. 253; the falsity of the accusation is to be implied till the contrary is shown. 2 East, R. 436; 1 Saund. 242. The instance of a master making an unfavorable representation of his servant, upon an application for his character, seems to be an exception, in that case there being a presumption from the occasion of the speaking, that the words were true. 1 T. R. 111; 3 B. & P. 587; Stark. on Slander, 44, 175, 223.
Slander, () 10.-Sec. 3. The slander must, of course, be published, that is, communicated to a third person; and if verbal, then in a language which he understands, otherwise the plaintiff's reputation is not impaired. 1 Rolle, Ab. 74; Cro. Eliz. 857; 1 Saund. 2425 n. 3; Bac. Abr. Slander, D 3. A letter addressed to the party, containing libelous matter, is not sufficient to maintain a civil action, though it may subject the libeler to an indictment, as tending to a breach of the peace; 2 Bl. R. 1038; 1 T. R. 110; 1 Saund. l32, n. 2; 4 Esp. N. P. R. 117; 2 Esp. N. P. R. 623; 2 East, R. 361; the slander must be published respecting the plaintiff; a mother cannot maintain an action for calling her daughter a bastard. 11 Serg. & Rawle, 343. As to the case of a man who repeats the slander invented by another, see Stark. on Slander, 213; 2 P. A. Bro. R. 89; 3 Yeates, 508; 3 Binn. 546.
Slander, () 11.-Sec. 4. To render words actionable, they must be uttered without legal occasion. On some occasions it is justifiable to utter slander of another, in others it is excusable, provided it be uttered without express malice. Bac. Ab. Slander, D 4; Rolle, Ab. 87; 1 Vin. Ab. 540. It is justifiable for au attorney to use scandalizing expressions in support of his client's cause and pertinent thereto. 1 M. & S. 280; 1 Holt's R. 531; 1B. & A. 232; see 2 Serg. & Rawle, 469; 1 Binn. 178; 4 Yeates, 322; 1 P. A. Browne's R. 40; 11 Verm. R. 536; Stark. on Slander, 182. Members of congress and other legislative assemblies cannot be called to account for anything said in debate.
Slander, () 12.-Sec. 5. Malice is essential to the support of an action for slanderous words. But malice is in general to be presumed until the contrary be proved; 4 B. & C. 247; 1 Saund. 242, n. 2; 1 T. R. 1 11, 544; 1 East, R. 563; 2 East, R. 436; 2 New Rep. 335; Bull. N. P. 8; except in those cases where the occasion prima facie excuses the publication. 4 B. & C. 247. See 14 Serg. & Rawle, 359; Stark. on Slander, 201. See, generally, Com. Dig. tit. Action upon the case for Defamation; Bac. Abr. Slander; 1 Vin. Abr. 187; 1 Phillim. Ev. ch. 8; Yelv. 28, n.; Doctr. Plac. 53 Holt's Law of Libels; Starkie on Slander, Ham. N. P. ch. 2, s. 3.
Slanderer (n.) One who slanders; a defamer; a calumniator. -- Jer. Taylor.
Slanderer (n.) One who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel [syn: defamer, maligner, slanderer, vilifier, libeler, backbiter, traducer].
Slanderer. () A calumniator, who maliciously and without reason imputes a crime or fault to another, of which he is innocent.
Slanderer. () For this offence, when the slander is merely verbal, the remedy is an action on the case for damages; when it is reduced to writing or printing, it is a libel. (q. v.)
Slanderous (a.) Given or disposed to slander; uttering slander. "Slanderous tongue." -- Shak.
Slanderous (a.) Embodying or containing slander; calumnious; as, slanderous words, speeches, or reports. -- Slan"der*ous*ly, adv. -- Slan"der*ous*ness, n.
Slanderous (a.) (Used of statements) Harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign [syn: calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrative, denigrate denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous].
Slang () imp. of Sling. Slung. [Archaic]
Slang (n.) Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory. [Local, Eng.] -- Holland.
Slang (n.) A fetter worn on the leg by a convict. [Eng.]
Slang (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.
Slanged (imp. & p. p.) of Slang.
Slanging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slang.
Slang (v. t.) 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.
Slang (n.) 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].
Slang (n.) A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" [syn: slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular].
Slang (v.) Use slang or vulgar language.
Slang (v.) 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].
Slang (v.) Abuse with coarse language.
Slang, () R.A. Sibley. CACM 4(1):75-84 (Jan 1961).
Slang, () Set LANGuage. Jastrzebowski, ca 1990. C extension with set-theoretic data types and garbage collection. "The SLANG Programming Language Reference Manual, Version 3.3", W. Jastrzebowski , 1990.
Slang, () Structured LANGuage. Michael Kessler, IBM. A language based on structured programming macros for IBM 370 assembly language. "Project RMAG: SLANG (Structured Language) Compiler", R.A. Magnuson, NIH-DCRT-DMB-SSS-UG105, NIH, DHEW, Bethesda, MD 20205 (1980).
Slang, () "SLANG: A Problem Solving Language for Continuous-Model Simulation and Optimisation", J.M. Thames, Proc 24th ACM Natl Conf 1969.
Slang, (n.) The grunt of the human hog (_Pignoramus intolerabilis_) with an audible memory. The speech of one who utters with his tongue what he thinks with his ear, and feels the pride of a creator in accomplishing the feat of a parrot. A means (under Providence) of setting up as a wit without a capital of sense.
Slanginess (n.) Quality of being slangy.
Slanginess (n.) Casualness in use of language.
Slangous (a.) Slangy. [R.] -- John Bee.
Slang-whanger (n.) One who uses abusive slang; a ranting partisan. [Colloq. or Humorous] -- W. Irving.
Slangy (a.) Of or pertaining to slang; of the nature of slang; disposed to use slang. [Written also slangey.]
Slangy (a.) Constituting or expressed in slang or given to the use of slang; "a slangy expression"; "slangy speech."
Slank () imp. & p. p. of Slink.
Slanted (imp. & p. p.) of Slant.
Slanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slant.
Slant (v. i.) To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.
On the side of younder slanting hill. -- Dodsley.
Slant (v. t.) To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to; as, to slant a line.
Slant (n.) A slanting direction or plane; a slope; as, it lies on a slant.
Slant (n.) An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark.
Slant or wind, A local variation of the wind from its general direction.
Slant (a.) Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique. "The slant lightning." -- Milton.
Slant (n.) A biased way of looking at or presenting something [syn: slant, angle].
Slant (n.) Degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a steep pitch" [syn: pitch, rake, slant].
Slant (v.) Lie obliquely; "A scar slanted across his face."
Slant (v.) Present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders" [syn: slant, angle, weight].
Slant (v.) To incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister" [syn: lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle].
Slant (v.) Heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting" [syn: cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch].
Slanting (a.) Oblique; sloping. -- Slant"ing*ly, adv.
Slantwise
Slanting (a.) Having an oblique or slanted direction [syn: aslant, aslope, diagonal, slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping].
Slantwise (adv.) Alt. of Slantly.
Slantly (adv.) In an inclined direction; obliquely; slopingly.
Slantwise (adv.) At a slant; moving or directed in a slantwise position or direction [syn: slantwise, slantways].
Slap (n.) A blow, esp. one given with the open hand, or with something broad.
Slapped (imp. & p. p.) of Slap.
Slapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slap.
Slap (v. t.) To strike with the open hand, or with something broad.
Slap (adv..) With a sudden and violent blow; hence, quickly; instantly; directly. [Colloq.] "The railroad cars drive slap into the city." -- Thackeray.
Slap (adv.) Directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her" [syn: bang, slap, slapdash, smack, bolt].
Slap (n.) A blow from a flat object (as an open hand) [syn: slap, smack].
Slap (n.) The act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand [syn: smack, smacking, slap].
Slap (v.) Hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand; "The impatient teacher slapped the student"; "a gunshot slapped him on the forehead."
Slap-bang (adv.) Directly or immediately; "it hit slap-bang in the middle."
Slap-bang (adv.) In a violent or sudden or noisy manner; "the pans fell slam-bang and woke the whole house" [syn: slam-bang, slap-bang].
Slapdash (adv.) In a bold, careless manner; at random. [Colloq.]
Slapdash (adv.) With a slap; all at once; slap. [Colloq.] -- Prior.
Slapdash (v. t.) To apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; to roughcast; as, to slapdash mortar or paint on a wall, or to slapdash a wall. [Colloq.] -- Halliwell.
Slapdash (adv.) In a careless or reckless manner; "the shelves were put up slapdash" [syn: slapdash, slam-bang].
Slapdash (adv.) Directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her" [syn: bang, slap, slapdash, smack, bolt].
Slapdash (a.) Marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship" [syn: haphazard, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy].
Slapdash (a.) 粗心的，草率的；倉促馬虎的 Done or made in a hurried and careless way.
// He gets his work done quickly, but he's vary slapdash.
Slape (a.) Slippery; smooth; crafty; hypocritical. [Prov. Eng.]
Slape ale, Plain ale, as opposed to medicated or mixed ale. [Prov. Eng.]
Slapeface (n.) A soft-spoken, crafty hypocrite. [Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.
Slapjack (n.) A flat batter cake cooked on a griddle; a flapjack; a griddlecake. [Local, U.S.]
Slapper (n.) One who, or that which, slaps.
Slapper (n.) Anything monstrous; a whopper.
Slapper (a.) Alt. of Slapping.
Slapping (a.) Very large; monstrous; big. [Slang.]
Slapper (n.) A hitter who slaps (usually another person) with an open hand; "someone slapped me on the back and I turned to see who the slapper was"; "my father was the designated spanker in our family" [syn: slapper, spanker].
Slashed (imp. & p. p.) of Slash.