slagger

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US/ˈslæɡ.ɚ/UK/ˈslæɡ.ə/

noun

One who slags.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

nounslagger (plural slaggers)

plural slaggers

  1. One who slags.

    The proper response to slagging is to laugh at oneself while “getting back” at one′s slagger.

    1999, Elizabeth A. Throop, Net Curtains and Closed Doors: Intimacy, Family, and Public Life in Dublin, page 54
  2. artsOne who works with slag.
    1 more example

    Miravich closes his eyes and remembers his days as a slagger. When a mold is full, a slagger moves in with his tool, a technological marvel othereise known as a board slightly larger than a two-by-four. He leans out over the track and skims slag off the top of the boiling steel, risking what is called “catching a flyer,” which occurs when hot metal explodes out of the mold, spraying everyone in the vicinity.

    2009, John Hoerr, Monongahela Dusk, page 255

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APA

slagger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slagger

MLA

“slagger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slagger. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slagger,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slagger.

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