Meaning & use
Slagging
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British informal: criticizing or insulting someone harshly, often behind their back.
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The tabloids spent the week slagging off the team's new manager.
Stop slagging him just because he made one mistake.
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In metallurgy, 'slag' also refers to waste material separated from metal during smelting, the unrelated source of the word's literal meaning.
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2. verb
Metallurgy: forming or removing slag, the waste material separated from metal during smelting.
Workers monitored the furnace as it began slagging off impurities from the molten ore.
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