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slugify

slugify verb: to transform (a text string) into a slug (resource name), such as "Paris, France" into "paris-france".

Verb

slugify (third-person singular simple present slugifies, present participle slugifying, simple past and past participle slugified)

  1. (transitive, uncommon) To transform (a text string) into a slug (resource name), such as "Paris, France" into "paris-france".
    • The slugify filter will slugify the given string: […]2020, Nigel George, Mastering Django, GNW Independent Publishing, page 68

Forms of slugify

third-person singular presentslugifies
present participleslugifying
past participleslugified
pastslugified

Origin of slugify

From slug + -ify.

Questions about slugify

What does slugify mean?
Slugify means to transform (a text string) into a slug (resource name), such as "Paris, France" into "paris-france".
What part of speech is slugify?
Slugify is a verb.
What is the past tense of slugify?
The past tense of slugify is slugified.

Words near slugify in the dictionary

  1. slughorns
  2. slugicide
  3. slugicides
  4. slugified
  5. slugifies
  6. slugify
  7. slugifying
  8. slugless
  9. sluglike
  10. slugline
  11. sluglines

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: slugify (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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