Transcription
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- [sley]
- /sleɪ/
- /ˈsleɪ.ər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sley]
- /sleɪ/
Definitions of slayer word
- verb with object slayer to kill by violence. 1
- verb with object slayer to destroy; extinguish. 1
- abbreviation SLAYER sley. 1
- verb with object slayer Slang. to impress strongly; overwhelm, especially by humor: Your jokes slay me. to make a strong impression with: She really slayed her performance last night. 1
- verb with object slayer Obsolete. to strike. 1
- verb without object slayer to kill or murder. 1
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Origin of slayer
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English sleen, slayn, Old English slēan; cognate with Dutch slaan, German schlagen, Old Norse slā, Gothic slahan “to strike, beat”
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Parts of speech for Slayer
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
slayer popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
slayer usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for slayer
noun slayer
- assassin — An assassin is a person who assassinates someone.
- cut throats — a person who cuts the throat of another; a murderer.
- cut-throat — If you describe a situation as cut-throat, you mean that the people or companies involved all want success and do not care if they harm each other in getting it.
- dropper — a person or thing that drops.
- hit-and-run — guilty of fleeing the scene of an accident or injury one has caused, especially a vehicular accident, thereby attempting to evade being identified and held responsible: a hit-and-run driver.
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