slag

noun
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  1. [uncountable] the waste material that remains after metal has been removed from rock矿渣;熔渣;炉渣
  2. [countable] (British English, slang, offensive) an offensive word for a woman, used to suggest that she has a lot of sexual partners荡妇;破鞋
  3. Word Originmid 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.

slag

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they slag
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he / she / it slags
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past simple slagged
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past participle slagged
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-ing form slagging
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Phrasal Verbs
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    Word Originmid 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.