slayer
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verb (used with object)
1.
to kill by violence.
2.
to destroy; extinguish.
3.
sley.
4.
Informal. to impress strongly; overwhelm, especially by humor: Your jokes slay me.
5.
Obsolete. to strike.
verb (used without object)
6.
to kill or murder.
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noun
7.
sley.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English sleen, slayn, Old English slēan; cognate with Dutch slaan, German schlagen, Old Norse slā, Gothic slahan to strike, beat
before 900; Middle English sleen, slayn, Old English slēan; cognate with Dutch slaan, German schlagen, Old Norse slā, Gothic slahan to strike, beat
Related forms
slay·a·ble, adjective
slay·er, noun
un·slay·a·ble, adjective
Synonyms
1. murder, slaughter, massacre, butcher, assassinate. 2. annihilate, ruin.
1. murder, slaughter, massacre, butcher, assassinate. 2. annihilate, ruin.
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slay (sleɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , slays, slaying, slew, slain | |
| 1. | archaic, literary or to kill, esp violently |
| 2. | slang to impress (someone) sexually |
| 3. | obsolete to strike |
| [Old English slēan; related to Old Norse slā, Gothic, Old High German slahan to strike, Old Irish slacaim I beat] | |
| 'slayer | |
| —n | |
| slay (sleɪ) | |
| —vb , slays, slaying, slew, slain | |
| 1. | archaic, literary or to kill, esp violently |
| 2. | slang to impress (someone) sexually |
| 3. | obsolete to strike |
| [Old English slēan; related to Old Norse slā, Gothic, Old High German slahan to strike, Old Irish slacaim I beat] | |
| 'slayer | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
slay
O.E. slean "to smite," also "to kill with a weapon" (class VI strong verb; past tense sloh, slog, pp. slagen), from P.Gmc. *slakhanan, from base *slog- "to hit" (cf. O.N., O.Fris. sla, Dan. slaa, M.Du. slaen, Du. slaan, O.H.G. slahan, Ger. schlagen, Goth. slahan "to strike"), from PIE base from base
*slak- "to strike" (cf. M.Ir. pp. slactha "struck," slacc "sword"). Modern Ger. cognate schlagen maintains the original sense of "to strike." Meaning "overwhelm with delight" (1340) preserves some of the wider rangeof meanings that the word once had, including also "to strike a spark" (O.E.).
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Slang Dictionary
slay definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
And you say, all right, he's a pompous and privileged slayer.
Such games allow virtually anyone to be a heroic monster slayer without leaving the comfort of their couch.
The mousetrap long has been viewed as a simple, efficient slayer of household nuisances.
Including persons acquitted by reason of insanity in the slayer statute.
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