Usually means: Informal, nonstandard language among groups.
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We found 38 dictionaries that define the word slang:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. slang: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. slang: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. slang: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. slang: Collins English Dictionary
  5. slang: Vocabulary.com
  6. Slang, slang: Wordnik
  7. slang: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. slang: Wiktionary
  9. slang: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. slang: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. slang: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. slang: Dictionary.com
  13. slang: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. slang: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Slang (Def Leppard song), Slang (album), Slang (disambiguation), Slang: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Slang: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. slang: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. slang: Rhymezone
  19. slang, slang (de), slang (het): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. slang: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Slang, Slang: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. slang: Free Dictionary
  23. slang: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. slang: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. Slang: World Wide Words

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Slang: Glossary of English Grammar Terms
  2. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. SLANG: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. slang: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. slang: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. slang: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. slang, slang, slang, slang, slang, slang, slang: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)
  3. Slang: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

(Note: See slangily as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Language outside of conventional usage and in the informal register.
noun:  Language that is unique to a particular profession or subject; jargon.
noun:  The specialized language of a social group, sometimes used to conceal one's meaning from outsiders; cant.
noun:  (countable) A particular variety of slang; the slang used by a particular group.
noun:  (countable) An item of slang; a slang word or expression.
noun:  (countable, India) A curse word.
verb:  (transitive, dated) To vocally abuse, or shout at.
noun:  (UK, dialect) Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.
noun:  (UK, obsolete) A fetter worn on the leg by a convict.
noun:  (UK, obsolete, slang) A counterfeit weight or measure.
noun:  (UK, obsolete, slang) A travelling show, or one of its performances.
noun:  (UK, obsolete, slang) A hawker's license.
noun:  (UK, obsolete, slang) A watchchain.
verb:  (transitive, African-American Vernacular, MLE) To sell (something, especially illegal drugs).

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