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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 slang /ˈslæŋ/
 俚語(vt.)(vi.)辱罵,用俚語說

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Slang imp. of Sling. Slung. [Archaic]

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Slang, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slanged p. pr. & vb. n. Slanging.] 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.
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sling, v. t. [imp. Slung Archaic Slang p. p. Slung; p. pr. & vb. n. Slinging.]
 1. To throw with a sling. “Every one could sling stones at an hairbreadth, and not miss.”
 2. To throw; to hurl; to cast.
 3. To hang so as to swing; as, to sling a pack.
 4. Naut To pass a rope round, as a cask, gun, etc., preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle.

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 slang
      n 1: 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"
      2: a characteristic language of a particular group (as among
         thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" [syn: cant, jargon,
          lingo, argot, patois, vernacular]
      v 1: use slang or vulgar language
      2: fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted
         everyone"; "You can't fool me!" [syn: gull, dupe, befool,
          cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put
         one across]
      3: abuse with coarse language