slag
verb/slæɡ/
/slæɡ/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they slag | /slæɡ/ /slæɡ/ |
| he / she / it slags | /slæɡz/ /slæɡz/ |
| past simple slagged | /slæɡd/ /slæɡd/ |
| past participle slagged | /slæɡd/ /slæɡd/ |
| -ing form slagging | /ˈslæɡɪŋ/ /ˈslæɡɪŋ/ |
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Middle Low German slagge, perhaps from slagen ‘strike’, with reference to fragments formed by hammering. The verb sense ‘criticize’ dates from the 1970s.
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