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slance

slance verb: to steal; to pinch.

Verb

slance (third-person singular simple present slances, present participle slancing, simple past and past participle slanced)

  1. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To steal; to pinch.
    • Then a knob of margarine had to be slanced out of the kitchen to grease the wheels and bearings.1988, Bill Naughton, Spit Nolan

Forms of slance

third-person singular presentslances
present participleslancing
past participleslanced
pastslanced

Questions about slance

What does slance mean?
Slance means to steal; to pinch.
What part of speech is slance?
Slance is a verb.
What is the past tense of slance?
The past tense of slance is slanced.

Words near slance in the dictionary

  1. slams on the brakes
  2. slamsex
  3. slamwich
  4. slamwiches
  5. slan
  6. slance
  7. slanced
  8. slances
  9. slanchways
  10. slanchwise
  11. slancing

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