slating
Origin of slating
1Other words from slating
- un·slat·ing, adjective
Words Nearby slating
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How to use slating in a sentence
The company is slating at least $1 billion to pay for severance and other related costs alone.
A bailee received some cheese and gave a receipt slating that it was to be kept at the owner's risk of loss from water.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesIt fell to a critic on the Westminster Gazette to do the out and out "slating."
The Life of Francis Thompson | Everard MeynellOr, slake lime in tar, and into it dip sheets of the thickest brown paper, to be laid on in the manner of slating.
Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million | Sarah Josepha HaleWy, it's worth a fair six d a week jest to see 'em a slating Old Chips!
And this was all the result of the slating the press gave to Mavis Clare!
The Sorrows of Satan | Marie Corelli
British Dictionary definitions for slating (1 of 2)
/ (ˈsleɪtɪŋ) /
the act or process of laying slates
slates collectively, or material for making slates
British Dictionary definitions for slating (2 of 2)
/ (ˈsleɪtɪŋ) /
informal, mainly British a severe reprimand or critical attack
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