1 [U] the waste material that remains after metal has been removed from rock
2 [C] (BrE, slang) an offensive word for a woman, used to suggest that she has a lot of sexual partners
verb (-gg-)
PHRASALVERBS
slag sb<->off (BrE, slang) to say cruel or critical things about sb:
I hate the way he's always slagging off his colleagues.
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