Clues for the word "SLANG"
We've had 172 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 349 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on March 17, 2026.
Definition of slang
- - imp. of Sling. Slung.
- n. - Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.
- n. - A fetter worn on the leg by a convict.
- 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.
- v. t. - To address with slang or ribaldry; to insult with vulgar language.
- - of Sling
Referring Clues
- Jive talkin'
- Loose talk?
- Breezy talk
- Colorful talk
- Like "hot-diggity"
- Teen talk, often
- Threads, for clothing
- Talk on the street
- Bad, for good
- Blotto or stinko, e.g.
- What "dis" is
- Like much hip-hop lingo
- "Bad" for "good," e.g.
- What "yo mama" is
- 70-Across, e.g.
- Looie or hooey, e.g.
- "Language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work," per Carl Sandburg
- Faddish language
- Much teen talk
- "Applesauce" for "nonsense," for example
- "Cyberpunk" for "computer hacker," for example
- Jargon
- Cat and mouse, e.g.
- Vernacular
- Hipster's lingo
- Big gun or big cheese, e.g.
- Street talk
- "Bonk" or "conk," e.g.
- Knuckle sandwich and piece of cake, e.g.
- Informal speech
- Urban Dictionary focus
- Colorful language, sometimes
- Informal lexicon
- "Beak" for "nose," e.g.
- Jive talk
- Subject for Eric Partridge
- Bonk or conk, e.g.
- Much street talk
- Big cheese or long green
- "Crib" for "home," e.g.
- Goofball or goof-off
- Big gun or big cheese
- Informal language
- Informal talk
- Like "dis"
- Nonstandard speech
- Street lingo
- It's spoken from the hip?
- It's the word on the street
- "Dis" is it
- Lingo
- Street vernacular
- Informal vernacular
- Words on the street
- Dis or moola, e.g.
- Very informal language
- "All ___ is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry": G. K. Chesterton
- It might not appear in the dictionary
- "A poor man's poetry": Moore
- Street language, often
- Some teen talk
- Breezy idiom
- Like "dis"
- Dis, dawg or dude
- Sicko or wacko, e.g.
- Village idiom?
- Challenge for ESL students
- Subject of some dictionaries
- Word on the street?
- Teen talk
- Urban Dictionary subject
- Urbandictionary.com specialty
- Argot
- Logophile's topic
- Talk on the street?
- "The cat's meow" or "a dog's life"
- Bananas, crackers and nuts, e.g.
- Informal verbiage
- Idiomatic talk
- Word on the street, maybe
- Loose language
- Teen lingo
- Dictionary label
- "Pasted" or "wasted," for "drunk"
- Jargon, e.g.
- Street language
- Challenge for a translator
- Hair of the dog or the cat's pajamas
- Casual coinages
- Urban Dictionary fodder
- "Hit the road" or "hit the books"
- Translating challenge
- Some dictionary additions
- Urban Dictionary content
- It may be thrown around at a party
- Word on the street
- Urban Dictionary entries
- Some talk on the street
- Teen language
- It comes from the hip
- Tense talk, often
- Some rap lingo
- Words on the street?
- Type of dictionary
- Grammarian's no-no
- Swell, e.g.
- Words for an in-group
- The word on the street?
- Shins "New ___"
- See 15
- Abuse in common parlance
- You and me for tea?
- Business language includes jargon
- Colloquial language
- Somewhat indigenous language
- Challenge for translators
- Non-standard vocabulary
- Vulgar parlance
- Refuse to accept name, in a manner of speaking
- Saintly archbishop, in a manner of speaking
- Refuse to admit noun is common language
- Like "Chill out!" and "Cool it!"
- Left to fill in, gave voice in inappropriate language
- Chucked old English manner of speaking
- Refuse to accept name in the vernacular
- Old girls returned, embracing new vulgar language
- Colloquialisms used in returning signal speedily
- Good to follow inclination, having no time for jargon
- Common words set to music about local leader
- Second archbishop of the 1930s, in a manner of speaking
- Loose talk?
- Part of people's language?
- Patois
- Informal speaking
- Vernacular; originally jargon of disreputable people
- Refuse to accept name in speech that's frowned on
- Language student's challenge
- "Cray" and "totes adorbs," e.g.
- Lexicography label
- Some careless language?
- Woke or turnt, e.g.
- Words not yet in the dictionary
- Challenge for new immigrants
- Word on the street?
- Lexicographer's study
- Topic in some cultural appropriation discourse
- "Hammered" for "drunk," e.g.
- Interpreter's challenge
- Teenspeak, for example
- Some new dictionary additions
- Phat or groovy
- Lexicographer's label
- What "bread" is for "money"
- Language learner's challenge
- Challenge for a language learner
- You and me for tea?
- Informal vocab
- Informal vocabulary
- "Tea" for "gossip," e.g.
- A-game or b-ball, e.g.
- Target of some cultural appropriation
- Informal words
- "Dope" and "gucci," e.g.
- Head for the toilet, say?
- Challenge for 64-Down students
- Colloquialism
- "Wheels" for a car, say
- "Hot-diggity" or "Cool it"
- "Snow job" or "rainmaker," e.g.
- "Chill," e.g., for "relax"
- "That slaps," for something good, e.g.
- Lit for fun, e.g.
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - March 17, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - March 15, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - March 10, 2026
- New York Times - January 01, 2026
- Daily American - December 15, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 03, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 29, 2025
- Daily American - September 11, 2025
- New York Times - September 03, 2025
- New York Times - July 28, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 10, 2025
- Daily American - July 09, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - June 03, 2025
- Daily American - May 29, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - May 27, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 28, 2025
- New York Times - April 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 24, 2025
- New York Times - March 21, 2025
- Your Life Choices - March 03, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - February 01, 2025
- New York Times - December 15, 2024
- Daily American - December 01, 2024
- New York Times - November 03, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - August 15, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 06, 2024
- LA Times - July 18, 2024
- LA Times - June 20, 2024
- USA Today - June 15, 2024
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