Chapter Slackly to Slum of S by Soule's Synonymes

2. Libel, calumny.

Slanderer, n. Calumniator, backbiter, libeller, defamer, traducer, maligner, detractor.

Slanderous, a.

1. Calumnious, defamatory, libellous, false and malicious.

2. Backbiting, maligning, calumnious, false and malicious.

Slang, n. Cant, low language, inelegant expression, unauthorized language.

Slant, a. See Slanting.

Slant, n. Slope.

Slant, v. n. Slope, lean, incline, lie obliquely.

Slanting, a. Inclining, sloping, oblique, slant.

Slap, n. Blow (with something broad), clap.

Slap, ad (Colloq.). With a slap, plumply, quickly, instantly

Slap, v. a. Strike (with something broad), dab, pat, spank.

Slap-dash, ad. (Colloq.) In a hurry, in a hurry, skurry, without forethought, at hap-hazard, at random.

Slash, v. a.

1. Slit.

2. Crack, snap, smack.

Slash, n. Slit, long cut.

Slashed, a.

1. Slit, cut.

2. (Bot.) Laciniate, multifid, jagged.

Slattern, n. Slut, drab, draggletail, slovenly woman.

Slattern, a. Slovenly, slatternly, sluttish.

Slatternly, a. Slovenly, slattern, untidy, uncleanly, dirty, sluttish.

Slatternly, ad. Negligently, carelessly, sluttishly, untidily, in a slovenly manner.

Slaty, a. Laminated, laminar, schistous, schistose