slant.html - v., n., & adj.
--v.

1 intr. slope; diverge from a line; lie or go obliquely to a vertical or horizontal line.
2 tr. cause to do this.
3 tr. (often as slanted adj.) present (information) from a particular angle esp. in a biased or unfair way.

--n.

1 a slope; an oblique position.
2 a way of regarding a thing; a point of view, esp. a biased one.

--adj.

sloping, oblique.

on a (or the) slant aslant. slant-eyed having slanting eyes. slant height the height of a cone from the vertex to the periphery of the base. [aphetic form of ASLANT: (v.) rel. to ME slent f. ON sletta dash, throw]

slant.html - adv.
aslant.

slant.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a malicious, false, and injurious statement spoken about a person.
2 the uttering of such statements; calumny.
3 Law false oral defamation (cf. LIBEL).

--v.

tr. utter slander about; defame falsely.

slanderer n. slanderous adj. slanderously adv. [ME sclaundre f. AF esclaundre, OF esclandre alt. f. escandle f. LL scandalum: see SCANDAL]

slant.html - n. & v.
--n.

words, phrases, and uses that are regarded as very informal and are often restricted to special contexts or are peculiar to a specified profession, class, etc. (racing slang; schoolboy slang).

--v.

1 tr. use abusive language to.
2 intr. use such language.

slanging-match a prolonged exchange of insults. [18th-c. cant: orig. unkn.]

slant.html - adj.
(slangier, slangiest)
1 of the character of slang.
2 fond of using slang.

slangily adv. slanginess n.

slant.html - v., n., & adj.
--v.

1 intr. slope; diverge from a line; lie or go obliquely to a vertical or horizontal line.
2 tr. cause to do this.
3 tr. (often as slanted adj.) present (information) from a particular angle esp. in a biased or unfair way.

--n.

1 a slope; an oblique position.
2 a way of regarding a thing; a point of view, esp. a biased one.

--adj.

sloping, oblique.

on a (or the) slant aslant. slant-eyed having slanting eyes. slant height the height of a cone from the vertex to the periphery of the base. [aphetic form of ASLANT: (v.) rel. to ME slent f. ON sletta dash, throw]