slugify

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verb

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

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Meanings

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

present singular third person slugifies · participle present slugifying · participle past slugified · past slugified

  1. transitiveuncommoncomputingTo 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

Origin

From slug + -ify.

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Cite this entry
APA

slugify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slugify

MLA

“slugify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slugify. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slugify,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slugify.

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