Slang: alternatives and connections

To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to ma…

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To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed…

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The scullions and lower menials of a court, or of a nobleman's household, who, in a removal from one residence to another, had charge of the kitchen…

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To fight and scratch.

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To lead into error; to cause to believe what is false, or disbelieve what is true; to impose upon; to mislead; to cheat; to disappoint; to delude; to…

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To utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or exultation, or to attract attention, to animate soldiers, etc.

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To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to…

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To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

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A young goat.

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Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injure…

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Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injure…

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A dialect peculiar to the illiterate classes; a provincial form of speech.

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A dialect peculiar to the illiterate classes; a provincial form of speech.

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Of or pertaining to slang; of the nature of slang; disposed to use slang.

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Of or pertaining to slang; of the nature of slang; disposed to use slang.

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A living being sacrificed to some deity, or in the performance of a religious rite; a creature immolated, or made an offering of.

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A living being sacrificed to some deity, or in the performance of a religious rite; a creature immolated, or made an offering of.

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A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps, and vagabonds; flash.

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To fool; to delude or lead into error; to infatuate; to deceive.

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A corner; angle; niche.

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A husk; a pod; as, a peascod.

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One who has been deceived or who is easily deceived; a gull; as, the dupe of a schemer.

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A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; -- commonly called gooseberry fool.

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To deceive; to cheat; to mislead; to trick; to defraud.

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Confused, unintelligible language; gibberish; hence, an artificial idiom or dialect; cant language; slang.

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Language; speech; dialect.

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A dialect peculiar to the illiterate classes; a provincial form of speech.

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Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous; -- now used chiefly of language; as, English is our vernac…

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