Dictionary entry

Slang

Pronunciation: /slaŋ/

Pronunciation

/slaŋ/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) ဗန်းစကား

Definition

slang /slæ5/ n [U] (ဤအဘိဓာန္၌ sl ဟု အတိုေကာက္သံုးသည္။ ) ဗန္းစကား။ army/prison/teenage slang ❍ a slang word/expression/term ❍ ‘Grass’ is criminal slang for ‘informer’. See also COLLOQUIAL, INFORMAL ၃, RHYMING SLANG v ( infml ) ဆဲေရးသည္။ The two drivers were slanging each other in the middle of the road. ❏ slanging-match n ခြက္ေစာင္းခုတ္ပြဲ။ ❏ slangy adj ဗန္းဆန္ေသာ။ a slangy style.

Examples

  1. In some areas ‘scran’ is a slang word for food.
  2. Army/prison/Internet slang