slag

/slæɡ/

noun

  1. 1

    Waste material from a coal mine

  2. 2

    Scum that forms on the surface of molten metal

  3. 3

    Impurities formed and separated out when a metal is smelted from ore; vitrified cinders

  4. 4

    Hard aggregate remaining as a residue from blast furnaces, sometimes used as a surfacing material

  5. 5

    Scoria associated with a volcano

  6. 6

    A coward

  7. 7

    (chiefly Cockney) a contemptible person, a scumbag

  8. 8

    A prostitute

  9. 9

    A woman (sometimes a man) who has loose morals relating to sex; a slut

verb

  1. 1

    To produce slag

  2. 2

    To become slag; to agglomerate when heated below the fusion point

  3. 3

    To reduce to slag

  4. 4

    (sometimes with "off") to talk badly about; to malign or denigrate (someone)

  5. 5

    To spit

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