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slew

1   [sloo]
verb
simple past tense of slay.
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slew

3   [sloo]
verb (used with object), verb (used without object), noun
slue1.
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slewed (sluːd)
 
—adj
slang (Brit) (postpositive) intoxicated; drunk
 
[C19: from slew²]

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slew
"large number," 1839, from Ir. sluagh "a host, crowd, multitude."
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slew definition


  1. in.
    to drink to intoxication. : They must have been slewing for an hour before one got up and left.
  2. n.
    and slews. a lot; lots. : I have a whole slew of old computer programs at home in a box somewhere.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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slewed definition

[slud] and [ˈslui, slud...]
and slewy; slued; sloughed (up)
  1. mod.
    alcohol intoxicated. : Wallace is too slewed to drive.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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