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Slating
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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noun
1.
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
2.
a thin piece or plate of this rock or a similar material, used especially for roofing or as a writing surface.
3.
a dull, dark bluish gray.
4.
a list of candidates, officers, etc., to be considered for nomination, appointment, election, or the like.
verb (used with object)
Idiom5.
to cover with or as with slate.
6.
to write or set down for nomination or appointment: the district leader slated for city judge.
7.
to plan or designate (something) for a particular place and time; schedule: The premiere was slated for January.
8.
to censure or criticize harshly or violently; scold.
9.
to punish severely.
10.
clean slate, an unsullied record; a record marked by creditable conduct: to start over with a clean slate.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English sclate < Middle French esclate, feminine of esclat piece split off; see slat1
1300–50; Middle English sclate < Middle French esclate, feminine of esclat piece split off; see slat1
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English slayten < Old Norse *sleita; cognate with Old English slǣtan
1300–50; Middle English slayten < Old Norse *sleita; cognate with Old English slǣtan
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Word Origin & History
slate
c.1340, from O.Fr. esclate, fem. of esclat "split piece, splinter" (Fr. éclat, see slat), so called because the rock splits easily into thin plates. As a color, first recorded 1882. Sense of "a writing tablet" (made of slate), first recorded c.1391, led to that of "list
EXPANDof candidates," first recorded 1842. The verb meaning "propose, schedule" is recorded from 1883; sense of "nominate" is attested from 1804. Clean slate (1868) originally referred to scores chalked up in a tavern.
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slate  (slāt) Pronunciation Key
A fine-grained metamorphic rock that forms when shale undergoes metamorphosis. Slate splits into thin layers with smooth surfaces. It ranges in color from gray to black or from red to green, depending on the minerals contained in the shale from which it formed. |
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