Word "SLANG" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
fool or hoax
Synonyms:
befool, cod, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, take in

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
Synonyms:
argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, vernacular

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar
Synonyms:
slang expression, slang term
Examples:
their speech was full of slang expressions

Crossword Clues for SLANG

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Clue Source Date
Informal talk Universal 03 Nov 2025
Performed a song including line in informal speech The Times Quick Cryptic 01 Nov 2025
Loose talk Thomas Joseph 11 Oct 2025
Informal language
"That slaps," for something good, e.g. New York Times 03 Sep 2025
Informal language The Times Concise 09 Aug 2025
"Chill," e.g., for "relax" New York Times 28 Jul 2025
Informal colloquial words (5)
Colloquial language The Telegraph Quick 19 Jul 2025
Street argot The Sun Two Speed 18 Jul 2025
New snag involving student in loose language The Sun Two Speed 18 Jul 2025
Finally understands local Ballymena man spouting jargon
Informal language Premier Sunday 06 Jul 2025
Lazy speech (5)
Sang about trainee in informal speech (5)
Jargon in second speech half cut The Telegraph Toughie 26 Jun 2025
Informed about liberal jargon (5) The Guardian Quiptic 15 Jun 2025
Jargon(5)
Words of casual conversation (5) The Guardian Quick 06 Jun 2025
Argot, jargon (5)
What choir did about student lingo? The Sun Two Speed 16 May 2025
Street argot The Sun Two Speed 16 May 2025
Informal language Mirror Tea Time 05 May 2025
Lingo Eugene Sheffer 28 Apr 2025
Word commonly used in various languages
Sociolinguist's subject Universal 25 Apr 2025
Argot The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 25 Apr 2025
Colloquial language used by lead singer k.d. (5)
Informal language The Telegraph Quick 18 Apr 2025
"Snow job" or "rainmaker," e.g. New York Times 15 Apr 2025
Informal talk TV 13 Apr 2025
"Crib" or "pad," for "house" New York Times Mini 13 Apr 2025
Street argot The Sun Two Speed 09 Apr 2025
Tricky snag involving student in loose language The Sun Two Speed 09 Apr 2025
Street lingo Premier Sunday 06 Apr 2025
Colloquial language The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 28 Mar 2025
"Hot-diggity" or "Cool it" New York Times 21 Mar 2025
Jargon, patois (5)
Colloquial form of speech
Informal speech starts to seem lazy and nark grammarians (5)
Cant The Times Sunday Concise 09 Mar 2025
The word on the street?
Informal speech (5) Puzzler 22 Feb 2025
Colloquial language Mirror Classic 20 Feb 2025
Words or use of words which are not a part of standard language (5)
Girls from south adopting new jargon The Sun Two Speed 13 Feb 2025
Street argot The Sun Two Speed 13 Feb 2025
Informed about Latin jargon (5)
Jargon found in Zambia's languages (5)
"Skibidi" and "delulu" are modern examples of it
Informal, non-standard language Puzzler Backwords 03 Feb 2025
Some careless language?
Argot Puzzler Backwords 26 Jan 2025
Informal language Newsday 21 Jan 2025
Very casual speech, (5)
Informed about left cant (5)
Don't take it literally Wall Street Journal 04 Jan 2025
Swell, e.g.
Formal language (5)
Casual language The Times Concise 21 Dec 2024
Informal speech New York Times 15 Dec 2024
His language ind udes colloquial usage (5)
Informal language of second Archbishop of Canterbury (5)
What choir did about student lingo? The Sun Two Speed 22 Nov 2024
Street argot The Sun Two Speed 22 Nov 2024
"Cool" kind of talk
Jargon Mirror Tea Time 06 Nov 2024
Slander not the German with German jargon (5)
"Wheels" for a car, say New York Times 03 Nov 2024
Slipshod speech makes South long to be in Scotland (5)
Cockney rhyming - (5)
Eve's language includes inappropriate usages (5)
"Rizz" for "charisma," e.g.
Trendy language
Patois Mirror Quick 12 Oct 2024
Informed about student jargon Mirror Cryptic 12 Oct 2024
Some of his language is informal speech (5)
Much of the language found on Urban Dictionary
Vocalised number in jargon (5)
Some curious language - jargon (5)
World's languages contain this kind of informal speech (5)
Informal language Newsday 23 Sep 2024
It's quite informal so to speak
Informal language with which to scold one (5)
His language includes colloquial usage (5)
Street argot (5) The Sun Two Speed 13 Sep 2024
Troublesome snag about student lingo The Sun Two Speed 13 Sep 2024
Colloquial speech covered by numerous languages (5)
Informal language Newsday 18 Aug 2024
Lingo Eugene Sheffer 06 Aug 2024
Patois The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 28 Jul 2024
Nonstandard language (5)
Colloquialism LA Times Daily 18 Jul 2024
This language is partly informal language (5)
Street talk, often
Challenge for 64-Down students LA Times Daily 20 Jun 2024
Coarse jargon used in various languages
Southern gals in a funny way create jargon (5)
Informal language USA Today 15 Jun 2024
Colloquial language The Times Concise 13 Jun 2024
Colloquial language or jargon (5)
This clue is not good English (5)
The Southern language loses half its colloquial expressions (5)
50 Romans sang in an undignified way
Colloquialisms Newsday 31 May 2024
Very informal colloquial words
Gave voice about Latin in jargon (5)
Jargon used in various languages (5)
An essential part of thieves' language
Latin chanted outside is not the pure language (5)
Informal talk The Telegraph Plusword 18 May 2024
First lover one trilled about in the vernacular (5)
Vocalised about Latin in argot (5)
Casual dialect (5)
Give one a mouthful - of jargon! (5)
Informal language usually more common in speech than writing (5)
"Bro," for "brother" Universal 03 May 2024
Informal language Thomas Joseph 29 Apr 2024
Jargon Mirror Tea Time 16 Apr 2024
Informal, non-standard language (5) Puzzler 15 Apr 2024
Form of language one warbled when about fifty (5)
Informal talk Newsday 24 Mar 2024
Part of people's language?
All the world's languages contain this kind of informal speech (5)
Made a song about fifty using jargon (5)
Some of his language was informal language (5)
Cap, salty, bussin', and so on
Can't say leaders are no good when they all start (5)
Colloquial language Puzzler Backwords 06 Mar 2024
Informal speech in Totnes, languid (5) Puzzler Cryptic 05 Mar 2024
Urban Dictionary content USA Today 04 Mar 2024
This language is filled with jargon! (5)
Kids' language includes jargon (5)
Revile one who sang about "the heart of England" (5)
Head for the toilet, say? New York Times 17 Feb 2024
To the South, long in Scotland, it's not the Queen's English (5)
Jargon starts to spread and grow around computer group (5)
Scold one with words not in dignified use (5)
Argot The Telegraph Quick 01 Feb 2024
Chanted number in vulgar language (5)
Jargon Mirror Tea Time 31 Jan 2024
Vocabulary of an informal register (5)
Very informal language
Translator's challenge Wall Street Journal 20 Jan 2024
Informed about student dialect Mirror Cryptic 15 Jan 2024
Jargon Mirror Quick 15 Jan 2024
Word on the street? Eugene Sheffer 13 Jan 2024
Argot Puzzler Backwords 09 Jan 2024
Informal language Newsday 27 Dec 2023
Vernacular, common language (5)
Informal language Newsday 05 Dec 2023
Street talk Commuter 04 Dec 2023
Informal language The Times Concise 29 Nov 2023
Missing first couple of signals before reversing leads to vulgarism! (5)
Missing first couple of signals before reversing leads to vulgarism! The Telegraph Cryptic 24 Nov 2023
Did a song about Latin lingo (5)
Argot Puzzler Backwords 12 Nov 2023
Informal language or term
Word on the street? LA Times Daily 06 Oct 2023
Young ladies rejected adopting new jargon The Telegraph Cryptic 06 Oct 2023
Informal usage Newsday 14 Sep 2023
Informal language, like "tea" for "gossip" or "hammered" for "drunk"
"Dope" and "gucci," e.g LA Times Daily 19 Aug 2023
Informal vocabulary Universal 08 Aug 2023
Lingo Eugene Sheffer 01 Jul 2023
Lingo Eugene Sheffer 28 Jun 2023
Urban Dictionary focus Universal 26 Jun 2023
"Hangry," "cray," or "adorbs," e.g. (rhymes with "clang")
Informal language USA Today 27 May 2023
What moolah is Newsday 19 May 2023
Words on the street New York Times 15 Apr 2023
Informal vocabulary USA Today 10 Apr 2023
Word on the street? Eugene Sheffer 07 Apr 2023
Urban Dictionary content LA Times Daily 07 Apr 2023
Informal talk Thomas Joseph 01 Apr 2023
Island egg shelled, so to speak? The Guardian Cryptic 28 Feb 2023
Informal speech Newsday 10 Feb 2023
Informal speaking Newsday 31 Jan 2023
Informal language USA Today 13 Jan 2023
Informal words USA Today 06 Dec 2022
Informal language The Telegraph Quick 28 Oct 2022
Informal language The Times Concise 19 Oct 2022
What "lit" is for "extremely fun" Universal 14 Oct 2022
Informal language The Times Concise 27 Sep 2022
Argot The Telegraph Quick 18 Aug 2022
Dross incorporating new means of expression The Telegraph Cryptic 17 Aug 2022
Target of some cultural appropriation USA Today 15 Aug 2022
A-game or b-ball, e.g New York Times 07 Aug 2022
Informal language The Times Concise 23 Jul 2022
Young ladies returning, having adopted Northern jargon The Times Cryptic 13 Jul 2022
Informal talk Newsday 06 May 2022
Lingo Eugene Sheffer 30 Apr 2022
Informal language The Times Concise 26 Apr 2022
"Noodle" or "noggin," for head Universal 14 Apr 2022
Coarse speech succeeded with Metropolis director The Times Cryptic 08 Apr 2022
Colloquial speech The Guardian Speedy 03 Apr 2022
Made song about learner’s jargon The Times Cryptic 22 Mar 2022
Informal vocabulary USA Today 17 Feb 2022
Informal language The Times Concise 07 Feb 2022
Very informal language
Loose talk? Wall Street Journal 20 Jan 2022
“Tea” for “gossip,” e.g. New York Times 17 Jan 2022
Colloquialisms in various languages
Vernacular The Telegraph Quick 17 Nov 2021
Sandburg's ''language that rolls up its sleeves'' Newsday 14 Oct 2021
Much street talk The Washington Post 10 Oct 2021
Much street talk LA Times Daily 10 Oct 2021
Loose talk?
"Dough" or "cheddar," for "money" Universal 27 Sep 2021
Language student's challenge LA Times Daily 08 Sep 2021
Language student's challenge The Washington Post 08 Sep 2021
Informal vocabulary Universal 05 Sep 2021
Sends information over -- is lacking jargon The Telegraph Toughie 20 Aug 2021
Informal talk Thomas Joseph 11 Aug 2021
Informal vocab USA Today 19 Jul 2021
Jargon The Telegraph Quick 11 Jul 2021
Industrial waste receiving name in informal language
Common words found in signal successfully reversed The Telegraph Cryptic 02 Jun 2021
Challenge for a language learner The Washington Post 28 Mar 2021
Challenge for a language learner LA Times Daily 28 Mar 2021
Street jargon The Sun Two Speed 18 Mar 2021
Snag maybe involves student in loose language The Sun Two Speed 18 Mar 2021
Ladies back adopting new jargon
Was a stool pigeon taking in Latin jargon?
What choir did about student lingo? The Sun Two Speed 25 Feb 2021
Informal language The Times Concise 09 Feb 2021
Language learner's challenge USA Today 29 Jan 2021
Informal language Thomas Joseph 25 Jan 2021
What "bread" is for "money" Universal 19 Jan 2021
Lexicographer's label USA Today 06 Dec 2020
Ohio sacked by hooligans, in a manner of speaking Irish Times Crosaire 24 Nov 2020
Troublesome snag about student lingo The Sun Two Speed 15 Oct 2020
Dross incorporating new vernacular The Telegraph Cryptic 14 Oct 2020
Informal vocabulary Wall Street Journal 21 Sep 2020
Some new dictionary additions USA Today 16 Aug 2020
Translating challenge Wall Street Journal 25 Jul 2020
Teenspeak, for example Newsday 19 Jul 2020
Spoken lingo avoiding normal glossary first of all The Telegraph Toughie 16 Jul 2020
Urban Dictionary focus LA Times Daily 02 Jun 2020
Urban Dictionary focus The Washington Post 02 Jun 2020
Gave information to secure learner in jargon
Interpreter's challenge USA Today 10 May 2020
Second old archbishop's informal words
'Hammered' for 'drunk,' e.g New York Times 28 Apr 2020
Topic in some cultural appropriation discourse USA Today 17 Apr 2020
Jargon Canadiana 23 Mar 2020
Lexicographer's study USA Today 11 Mar 2020
Street language, often
Word on the street? LA Times Daily 19 Feb 2020
Word on the street? The Washington Post 19 Feb 2020
What Anthony Burgess called “the home-made language of the ruled, not the rulers […] demotic poetry emerging in flashes of ironic insight” The Times Specialist Sunday 09 Feb 2020
Words not yet in the dictionary USA Today 13 Dec 2019
Tricky snag involving student in loose language The Sun Two Speed 12 Dec 2019
Word on the street? Eugene Sheffer 23 Oct 2019
Woke or turnt, e.g Wall Street Journal 15 Oct 2019
Informal language
Informal language or term
Translator's challenge The New Yorker 19 Aug 2019
Street talk USA Today 09 Jul 2019
Informal language The Telegraph Quick 28 Jun 2019
Dross incorporating new words commonly used
Urban Dictionary fodder USA Today 10 Mar 2019
Urban Dictionary content LA Times Daily 07 Mar 2019
Urban Dictionary content The Washington Post 07 Mar 2019
Young ladies upset about the introduction of nasty, common language
Street talk Premier Sunday 03 Feb 2019
Lingo Eugene Sheffer 26 Jan 2019
Argot The Telegraph Quick 24 Jan 2019
Jargon The Telegraph Quick 19 Jan 2019
Informal talk Thomas Joseph 12 Jan 2019
Lexicography label Wall Street Journal 09 Jan 2019
Informal speech Newsday 08 Jan 2019
Jargon from south and north taken in by convict
Street talk
Lexicography label
Urban Dictionary fodder
Woke or turnt, e.g.
Urban Dictionary content
'Cray' and 'totes adorbs,' e.g The Washington Post 13 Dec 2018
"Cray" and "totes adorbs," e.g LA Times Daily 13 Dec 2018
Urban Dictionary entries USA Today 06 Dec 2018
Bad language perhaps, in a manner of speaking Irish Times Crosaire 23 Nov 2018
Jargon from south and north taken in by convict
Colloquial language The Guardian Speedy 13 Oct 2018
Language student's challenge The Washington Post 30 Aug 2018
Language student's challenge LA Times Daily 30 Aug 2018
Informal speaking Newsday 31 Jul 2018
Singular speech? Not half
Vernacular; originally jargon of disreputable people The Guardian Speedy 21 Jul 2018
Informal language Newsday 05 Jun 2018
Much teen talk USA Today 23 May 2018
Serious language may limit it
Argot The Sun Two Speed 05 Feb 2018
Informal speech in Totnes, languid The Sun Two Speed 05 Feb 2018
Grammarian's no-no Universal 17 Jan 2018
Translating challenge
Urban Dictionary entries
Much teen talk
Language student's challenge
"Cray" and "totes adorbs," e.g.
Grammarian's no-no
Urban Dictionary focus
Type of dictionary Universal 14 Dec 2017
Loose talk Wall Street Journal 09 Dec 2017
Like 'Chill out!' and 'Cool it!' Wall Street Journal 07 Dec 2017
Challenge for a translator Wall Street Journal 24 Oct 2017
Liberal dons tweeted in the vernacular
Colloquialisms in indigenous language
Urban Dictionary fodder New York Times 23 Aug 2017
Words on the street? LA Times Daily 02 Jul 2017
Words on the street? The Washington Post 02 Jul 2017
Leader of Lazio dons 'squealed', in common parlance
Street lingo
Be rude about Pole's informal talk
Much street talk LA Times Daily 17 Apr 2017
Much street talk The Washington Post 17 Apr 2017
Street lingo Newsday 09 Apr 2017
Informal talk Wall Street Journal 28 Mar 2017
Argot Canadiana 13 Mar 2017
Informal lingo The Telegraph Quick 03 Mar 2017
Jargon Newsday 26 Feb 2017
Argot Universal 30 Jan 2017
Mixed signals, if not initially savvy with current jargon
Urban Dictionary fodder
Words on the street?
Much street talk
Argot
Type of dictionary
Good to follow inclination, having no time for jargon
Urban Dictionary fodder Jonesin 13 Dec 2016
Good to follow inclination, having no time for jargon
Informal language Irish Times Simplex 13 Oct 2016
"Use network" in Singapore's informal language
Tense talk, often New York Times 15 Sep 2016
Challenge for translators Wall Street Journal 10 Aug 2016
It comes from the hip Universal 05 Jul 2016
Word on the street LA Times Daily 25 Jun 2016
IT set-up in the outskirts of Spalding generating gobbledegook
Celebrated retaining Latin in informal speech
Lingo The Washington Post 10 Mar 2016
Abuse in common parlance
Misses upset surrounding new jargon The Times Cryptic 07 Jan 2016
Tense talk, often
Word on the street
It comes from the hip
Jargon The Washington Post 17 Dec 2015
Some talk on the street USA Today 14 Dec 2015
Abuse in common parlance
Are patois and argot among 'les langues de France'? The Telegraph Cryptic 05 Nov 2015
Urban Dictionary entries Newsday 05 Nov 2015
Vernacular The Telegraph Quick 04 Nov 2015
Colloquialisms used in returning signal speedily
Undignified speech from Spain's foremost film director
Word on the street USA Today 16 Jul 2015
It may be thrown around at a party New York Times 10 Jul 2015
It's the word on the street USA Today 26 Jun 2015
Some dictionary additions Wall Street Journal 08 May 2015
Somewhat indigenous language
Like "dis" Universal 21 Feb 2015
Informal talk Newsday 05 Feb 2015
It's the word on the street
Framily, for example
Informal speech
Jargon
Some dictionary additions
Informal talk
Urban Dictionary entries
Like "dis"
Word on the street
Some talk on the street
It may be thrown around at a party
Shins "New ___"
Heads of state leaving Aachen need German for informal talk
Form of expression in various languages
Undignified speech from Spain's premier film director
"Pasted" or "wasted," for "drunk"
Jargon, e.g.
"Hit the road" or "hit the books"
Vernacular
Hair of the dog or the cat's pajamas
Informal language
Challenge for a translator
Dictionary label
Informal language
Informal speech
Bit of unceremonious language?
Loose language
Word on the street, maybe
Informal verbiage
Idiomatic talk
Controversial dictionary entry, perhaps
Loose usage
Bad, for good
Faddish language
Subject of some dictionaries
Talk on the street?
Talk on the street?
Casual talk
Faddish language
It might not appear in the dictionary
It's spoken from the hip?
"The cat's meow" or "a dog's life"
"Bad" for "good," e.g.
Urban Dictionary subject
Street language, often
Informal language
Some teen talk
Subject of some dictionaries
Big gun or big cheese
Much street talk
Street language, often
Big gun or big cheese
Teen talk
Some teen talk
Street talk
"A poor man's poetry": Moore
Very informal language
"All ___ is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry": G. K. Chesterton
Informal lexicon
It might not appear in the dictionary
"A poor man's poetry": Moore
Challenge for ESL students
"Beak" for "nose," e.g.
Nonstandard speech
Street lingo
Colorful language, sometimes
It's spoken from the hip?
Bonk or conk, e.g.
Subject for Eric Partridge
What "yo mama" is
"Beak" for "nose," e.g.
Subject of some dictionaries
Bonk or conk, e.g.
Knuckle sandwich and piece of cake, e.g.
Vernacular
"Crib" for "home," e.g.
"Crib" for "home," e.g.
Urban Dictionary focus
Vernacular
Street talk
"Dis" is it
Big cheese or long green
Loose talk?
Jargon
Talk on the street
"Language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work," per Carl Sandburg
Big cheese or long green
Much teen talk
Dictionary label
Lingo
Street talk
'Hood, e.g.
"Bonk" or "conk," e.g.
Word on the street?
Street vernacular
Goofball or goof-off
Big gun or big cheese, e.g.
Goofball or goof-off
"Bad" for "good," e.g.
Much teen talk
It's the word on the street
Looie or hooey, e.g.
Street vernacular
Much teen talk
Jive talk
Jargon
Like gnarly
Like "dis"
Street talk
What "yo mama" is
Nonstandard words
Word on the street
Informal vernacular
Colorful talk
Much teen talk
Street lingo
Jargon
70-Across, e.g.
Lingo
Rap lyrics feature
Colorful talk
Words on the street
Rap lyrics feature
Street speech
Jargon
Hipster's lingo
"Bad" for "good," e.g.
Informal usage
Much teen talk
Like "dis"
Neologisms
Street talk
Common talk
Phat, for example
Like much hip-hop lingo
Dis or moola, e.g.
Some rap lingo
Latest lingo
Bread or moola, e.g.
Cat and mouse, e.g.
Argot
Casual speech
Blotto or stinko, e.g.
What "dis" is
Colloquialism
Vernacular
"Cyberpunk" for "computer hacker," for example
Street lingo
Word italicized in dictionaries
Colloquialism
Informal speech
Unconvential usage
"Bonk" or "conk," e.g.
Casual coinages
"Applesauce" for "nonsense," for example
Jargon
Loose talk?
Talk on the street
Threads, for clothing
It usually comes from the hip?
Meat wagon, for an ambulance, e.g.
Cockney specialty
Latest lingo
Loose talk
Faddish language
Like "hot-diggity"
Made song about learner's jargon
Playful or hip talk
Very informal language
Teen talk
Teen talk, often
Word italicized in dictionaries
Street talk
Playful speech
Idiomatic speech
Informal talk?
Loose talk?
Colorful talk
Words from the man in the street?
Colloquial
Informal verbiage
Street talk
Colloquialisms
Breezy talk
Jargon
Jargon, e.g.
Nonce words, often
Jive talkin'
It's heard on the street
"Phat" or "rad," for example
Definition label
Informal words
Verbal novelties
Word on the street
Argot
Ade's "Fables in ___"
Jargon
Ade medium
Street talk
Breezy idiom
Cant
Vernacular
Jive talk
Jive, e.g.
Shoptalk
Lingo
"Kiddo," e.g.
Jargon
Some neologisms
Terms like "show biz"
Highly informal language
"Fables in ___"
George Ade's "Fables in ___"
Gang's language
Medium for Ade
Vocabulary of a sort
Vulgate
Medium for George Ade
"Fall guy" or "gent," e.g.
Medium for Ade's fables
Teen talk
George Ade's fable style
Medium for Ade's "Fables"
Not the king's English
Jargon.
Specialized talk.
Jive talk.
Colorful speech.
Language of a sort.
Teen-age patois.
Special vocabulary.
Colorful language.
Bopster's talk.
"Snafu,” for instance.
Jive talk, for instance.
Jimmy Durante's patter.
Certain talk.
Argot.
Vocabulary of sorts.
Special vocabulary of a group.
Racy speech.
Vulgar.
Jive-talk.
Colorful words.
Vulgarism.
Not the Queen's English.
Style of George Ade's fables.
Popular cant.
Loose talk
Not the King's English.
Lingo.
Coined words.
Part of the language.
Shoptalk.
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