slag off

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

slag off (third-person singular simple present slags off, present participle slagging off, simple past and past participle slagged off)

1. To purify by melting and removing slag.

   There is a lot of copper oxide, but I can remove that by melting everything and slagging it off.

2. (British, Ireland, Australia, slang, transitive, idiomatic) To talk insultingly to or about someone or something.

Translations

to talk insultingly to or about someone or something

• Finnish: mollata (fi)
• Galician: pór podre, poñer podre
• Norwegian: slenge dritt til/om
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• Russian: оха́ивать (ru) (oxáivatʹ), ха́ять (ru) (xájatʹ)
• Spanish: poner a parir
• Swedish: snacka skit om, baktala (sv)