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slagged off

slagged off is the simple past and past participle of slag off.

Meaning of slag off

Verb

slag off (third-person singular simple present slags off, present participle slagging off, simple past and past participle slagged off)

  1. (transitive) To purify by melting and removing slag.
    • There is a lot of copper oxide, but I can remove that by melting everything and slagging it off.
  2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, transitive) To talk insultingly to or about someone or something; usually one who is not present.
    • I am forever slagging off some poor harmless dude or pitiful demented twitcher[.]1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 1

Questions about slagged off

What is slagged off the simple past and past participle of?
Slagged off is the simple past and past participle of slag off.

Words near slagged off in the dictionary

  1. slagfests
  2. Slagg
  3. slaggability
  4. slaggable
  5. slagged
  6. slagged off
  7. slagger
  8. slaggers
  9. slaggier
  10. slaggiest
  11. slagginess

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