<B>slumgullion. </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a stew of meat and vegetables, usually potatoes and onions. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Mining.) the thick and sticky refuse of the sluice boxes, generally of red, iron-bearing clay and water. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Slang.) a low, worthless fellow. </DL>
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<B>slumgum, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the impurities that remain as a residue after the wax is extracted from honeycombs. </DL>
<A NAME="slumism">
<B>slumism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) the existence or proliferation of city slums. <BR> <I>Ex. We must show the same unhesitating commitment to fighting slumism, poverty, ... and unemployment (Harper's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="slumlord">
<B>slumlord, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) the owner of a run-down tenement house, usually in the slums. <BR> <I>Ex. The number of housing violations we have found [shows] how strongly we are attacking the slumlords (Robert F. Wagner).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="slumlordship">
<B>slumlordship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) the condition of being a slumlord. </DL>
<A NAME="slummer">
<B>slummer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who visits slums for charitable purposes, curiosity, or study. </DL>
<A NAME="slumminess">
<B>slumminess, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or condition of being slummy. </DL>
<A NAME="slumming">
<B>slumming, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the visiting of slums, as for charitable purposes or from curiosity. </DL>
<A NAME="slummy">
<B>slummy, </B>adjective, <B>-mier,</B> <B>-miest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>characteristic of a slum or of people living there. <BR> <I>Ex. a slummy street, accent, or manner.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>full of slums. </DL>
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<B>slump, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to drop heavily; fall suddenly. <BR> <I>Ex. Our feet slumped repeatedly through the melting ice. She slumped into a chair and gasped with the heat (Sinclair Lewis).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to move, walk, sit, or otherwise behave or carry oneself in a drooping manner; slouch. <BR> <I>Ex. The bored students slumped in their seats.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) to fall off; decline. <BR> <I>Ex. The stock market slumped. New England ... put its brains to work and found new research and electronics industries after textiles slumped (Time).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a heavy drop or sudden fall; collapse. <DD><B> 2. </B>a great or sudden decline. <BR> <I>Ex. a slump in prices. In 1929, in the great slump, disaster fell (Atlantic).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a drooping posture or stance. </DL>
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<B>slumpflation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Economics.) inflation accompanied by a steady decline in business and employment. <BR> <I>Ex. The $16 billion in rebates and tax credits might be too weak to jolt the economy out of its alarming slumpflation (Time). Stagflation changed into the still more unspeakable slumpflation (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> </DL>
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<B>slung, </B>verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> the past tense and past participle of <B>sling</B> (1). <BR> <I>Ex. They slung some stones and ran away. The boy had slung his books over his shoulder.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="slungshot">
<B>slung shot,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a piece of metal or stone fastened to a short strap or chain, used as a weapon. </DL>
<A NAME="slunk">
<B>slunk</B> (1), verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> a past tense and a past participle of <B>slink</B> (1). <BR> <I>Ex. The dog slunk away ashamed.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="slunk">
<B>slunk</B> (2), verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> a past tense and a past participle of <B>slink</B> (2). </DL>
<A NAME="slur">
<B>slur, </B>verb, <B>slurred,</B> <B>slurring,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to pass lightly over; go through hurriedly or in a careless way. <BR> <I>Ex. Biographers have slurred a few facts in their hurry to carry out their theory of favourites (Charles Kingsley). The little word, as, which is always slurred over (Richard Brinsley Sheridan).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to pronounce in an incomplete or indistinct way. <BR> <I>Ex. Many persons slur "ing" and "How do you do."</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Music.) <DD><B> a. </B>to sing or play (two or more tones of different pitch) without a break; run together in a smooth, connected manner. <DD><B> b. </B>to mark with a slur. <DD><B> 4. </B>to harm the reputation of; insult; slight. <BR> <I>Ex. Hardly anything was so likely to be of advantage to the Lancastrians as to slur the descent of the House of York (Scott).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Printing.) to smudge or blur; mackle. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Dialect.) to smear; stain; sully. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to speak or write sounds, letters, etc., so indistinctly that they run into each other. <DD><B> 2. </B>to move heavily; shuffle. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Dialect.) to slide. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a slurred pronunciation, sound, or word. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Music.) <DD><B> a. </B>a slurring of tones. <DD><B> b. </B>a curved mark indicating this. <DD><B> 3. </B>a blot or stain (upon reputation); insulting or slighting remark. <BR> <I>Ex. a slur on a person's good name.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a mark; stain; blot. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Printing.) a smudged or blurred place; mackle. </DL>
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<B>slurb, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an unsightly area on the outskirts of a large city, characterized by cheap housing, gas stations, used-car lots, diners, and the like. <BR> <I>Ex. These are the people who are existing in ... cities so choked and "slurbs" so ugly that by comparison the New York-Washington corridor looks almost like a planned development (John B. Oakes).</I> </DL>
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<B>slurp, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) <DD><I>v.i. </I> to eat or drink something with a noisy gurgling sound. <BR> <I>Ex. I never slurp, nor gobble as if I'm starving (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to eat or drink in this manner. <DD><I>noun </I> a slurping or gurgling sound. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the last whirling slurp of water down a drain (Harper's).</I> noun <B>slurper.</B> </DL>
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<B>slurry, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ries,</B> verb, <B>-ried,</B> <B>-rying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a semifluid substance, such as a thin mixture of powdered coal, ore, clay, mud, slush, cement, or mortar with water. <BR> <I>Ex. In the wet process, water is added during the grinding, until a soupy mixture called a slurry forms (Richard G. Knox).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to make or convert into a slurry. </DL>
<A NAME="slush">
<B>slush, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>partly melted snow; snow and water mixed. <BR> <I>Ex. There was no traffic to turn the snow to slush (James Barrie).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>soft mud; mire. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) silly, sentimental talk, writing, or other expression; drivel. <DD><B> 4a. </B>a mixture of grease and other materials for lubricating. <DD><B> b. </B>a mixture of white lead and lime, used for painting parts of machinery to prevent them from rusting. <DD><B> 5. </B>used or spoiled fat from a ship's galley. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to splash or soak with slush or mud. <DD><B> 2. </B>to grease, polish, or cover with slush. <BR> <I>Ex. The officer ... ordered me to slush the mainmast ... So I took my bucket of grease and climbed up (Richard Henry Dana).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to fill up or cover with mortar or cement. <DD><B> 4. </B>to wash with much water. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to go or walk through slush or mud. <BR> <I>Ex. The horses slushed in and out of the drenched courtyard.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to move with a splashing sound. <BR> <I>Ex. The water slushed on the pavement.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="slushfund">
<B>slush fund,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>money collected or set aside for dishonest purposes, such as bribery, or for political campaigning or the like. <BR> <I>Ex. [He] has rapidly sized up the situation and is using his slush funds for an all-out financing of the leftist groups inside the party (Harper's).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a fund of money obtained from the sale of waste fat on ship or in camp. </DL>
<A NAME="slushiness">
<B>slushiness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>slushy quality or condition. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) sickening sentimentality. <BR> <I>Ex. Aside from their slushiness, the romantic epistles are historically interesting in graphically demonstrating the young prince's fickle ways (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="slushlamp">
<B>slush lamp,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a crude lamp that burns slush or refuse fat, often made from an old tin can with a rag as a wick. </DL>
<A NAME="slushy">
<B>slushy, </B>adjective, <B>slushier,</B> <B>slushiest,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>having much slush; covered with slush. <BR> <I>Ex. slushy roads.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of or like slush. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>(Slang.) a ship's cook. <DD><B> 2. </B>a cook's assistant on a sheep station in Australia during shearing time. </DL>
<A NAME="slut">
<B>slut, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a dirty, untidy woman or girl; slattern. <DD><B> 2. </B>a woman or girl of loose morals. <DD><B> 3. </B>a female dog; bitch. </DL>
<A NAME="sluttery">
<B>sluttery, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the character or practices of a slut; sluttishness. </DL>
<B>sly, </B>adjective, <B>slyer</B> or <B>slier,</B> <B>slyest</B> or <B>sliest,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>able to fool, trick, or deceive; cunning; crafty; tricky; wily. <BR> <I>Ex. That boy is as sly as a fox. The sly cat stole the meat while the cook's back was turned.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>such as a sly person would use. <BR> <I>Ex. She asked sly questions.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>playfully mischievous or knowing; roguish. <BR> <I>Ex. Waiting for the surprise party to begin, the children exchanged many sly looks and smiles.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>acting secretly or stealthily. (SYN) surreptitious, stealthy, furtive. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Obsolete.) skilled; wise. <DD><I>noun </I> <BR><I>expr. <B>on the sly,</B> </I>in a sly way; secretly; stealthily. <BR> <I>Ex. He read his comic book on the sly when he was supposed to be studying. Prominent politicians came to seek favors from him on the sly (James Bryce).</I> noun <B>slyness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="slyboots">
<B>slyboots, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a sly, cunning, or crafty person. </DL>
<A NAME="slyly">
<B>slyly, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a sly manner; secretly. Also, <B>slily.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="slype">
<B>slype, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a covered passage, especially from the transept of a cathedral to the chapter house. </DL>
