slang

A kind of language occurring chiefly in casual and playful speech, made up typically of coinages and figures of speech that are deliberately used in place of standard terms for added raciness, humor, irreverence, or other effect.

Language peculiar to a group; argot or jargon.

To use slang.

To use angry and abusive language.

To attack with abusive language; vituperate.

An obsolete or archaic preterit of sling.

Among London costermongers, a counterfeit weight or measure.

Among showmen: A performance.

A traveling booth or show.

A hawker’s license: as, to be out on the slang (that is, to travel with a hawker’s license).