slagging

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To produce slag.
2. (intransitive) To become slag; to agglomerate when heated below the fusion point.
3. (transitive) To reduce to slag.
4. (UK, slang, transitive) To talk badly about; to malign or denigrate (someone).
   • If you slag off the other person, then—to the extent that your child identifies with that person as their parent—you are slagging off a part of them.2010, Courtenay Young, Help Yourself Towards Mental Health, page 344

   Synonyms:

   abuse, insult, slag off, diss, libel, slander, affront, burn, carry, cut down

5. (Ireland, slang, transitive) To make fun of; to take the piss (tease, ridicule or mock).

   Synonyms:

   befool, kid, take the piss, chaff, disparage, forgab, frump, gleek, jape, jeer

6. (Australia, intransitive, slang) To spit.

   Synonyms:

   expectorate

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