(v. t.) The dross, or recrement, of a metal; also, vitrified cinders.
(v. t.) The scoria of a volcano.
Example Sentences:
(1) I don't want to go on slagging groups like U2 or Simple Minds that aren't worth the words.
(2) In the Netherlands both Portland cement and blast furnace cement (slags from blast furnaces with about 30% Portland cement) are used for concrete.
(3) Meanwhile the Police Federation's attempts to extract retribution for the disputed p-word, in the form of Andrew Mitchell's sacking, have been roundly slagged off by former Labour minister Chris Mullin , who last week described the organisation as "a bully", "a bunch of headbangers" and "a mighty vested interest that has seen off just about all attempts to reform the least reformed part of the public service".
(4) As Miliband prepared to deliver his speech, whose contents were trailed over the weekend in an interview with the Mail on Sunday , Boris Johnson, the Conservative mayor of London, rounded on politicians who are "slagging off" a sector that is "crucial to the British economy".
(5) Mineral wool insulation, which is made from Tennessee phosphate slag, and commonly used insulation, which is made from blast furnace slag, had similar concentrations of these radionuclides.
(6) Quantities of land-disposed or stored residuals, including slags, sludges, and dusts, are given per unit of metal production for most primary and secondary metal smelting and refining industries.
(7) However, this hazard is not associated with any index of exposure to slag wool itself.
(8) Relatively thick rock and ceramic fibres (median greater than 1 micron) induced tumours, but slag and wollastonite fibres did not, probably because of their better solubility.
(9) The radioactivity levels of coal ash and slag in Hong Kong are about the average values in other countries.
(10) The US president might be all mouth in slagging off the Russians behind their backs, but Vlad was confident he was no trousers face to face.
(11) Long-term inhalation studies using several animal species and dust preparations of fibrous glass, rock wool or slag wool have produced little evidence of pulmonary fibrosis or pulmonary tumors.
(12) Mr Cameron can hardly slag off Mr Clegg as "not fit for government" when they will have spent five years sitting in the same cabinet.
(13) Who cares?” tweeted former congressman Anthony Weiner, and slagged off Philadelphia as a “2nd tier city”: Anthony Weiner (@anthonyweiner) Honestly, who cares?
(14) Concrete blocks made with phosphate slag had enhanced 226Ra and 228Ra contents when compared to ordinary concrete block.
(15) The present study is concerned with the pulmonary pathological changes in the rats following intra-tracheal administration of sintering dust and vanadium slag separately.
(16) Now I'd love to stay and chat all night, but unfortunately I have to correct all the typos in this report, insert gags where appropriate and remove all the bits where I slagged off Steven Gerrard, who is about to lift the Champions League trophy for Liverpool.
(17) Something sticks in the throat about having the word “lad” associated with a rapist, or an abuser, or even someone who might see fit to call me a slag.
(18) 2.09pm GMT In an unusual turn of fate, the front-page headline in today’s Bild is basically “Guardian live blogger slags off German Olympic uniform”.
(19) I have lost count of the number of times I have been called a slag for refusing to accept a man's advances or to respond to street harassment.
(20) This is a band that doesn't want to be slagging off the biggest pop station in the country.
Snag
Definition:
(n.) A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance.
(n.) A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a broken or decayed tooth.
(n.) A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk.
(n.) One of the secondary branches of an antler.
(v. t.) To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
(v. t.) To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree.
Example Sentences:
(1) The principal snags that still remain are: post-operative infection in about a third of cases; the rare but possible development of an enterocele and of dyspareunia (2%).
(2) Amazon and Google's drone delivery plans hit snag with new US regulations Read more The company announced that a cross-government team supported by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) gave permission to Amazon to explore three key areas: operations beyond line of sight, obstacle avoidance and flights where one person operates multiple autonomous drones.
(3) By snagging a 14-second submission and securing the quickest finish in UFC championship history.
(4) Those in the first row had arrived at 3am to snag prime spots to greet the object of their affection.
(5) • Wipes, nappies, sanitary towels, rags and condoms do not break down easily and can snag on pipes, drains and the walls of sewers, leading to blockages.
(6) We hope to create laws that help protect the security of the Japanese people.” Abe’s economic policy hit a snag when Japan slipped back into recession in the third quarter, amid weak consumer and corporate spending.
(7) This bureaucratic snag was what prompted Frayha to try to reach Greece last weekend , even after the introduction of the EU-Turkey deportation deal.
(8) The variant, termed SNAG 1, continues to synthesize idiotypic IgM, which can be detected in the cytoplasm, but it neither secretes nor expresses IgM on the cell surface (less than 10% of the levels of the original BCL tumor), even though the H and L chains show no gross structural changes.
(9) As soon as it caught my bait it pulled 20 metres of line from my reel, the only time that’s happened before is when I got snagged on a boat propeller.
(10) The treaty immediately hit a snag because politicians in the US, the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, passed a vote in the Senate refusing to ratify the protocol.
(11) In Carlos Queiroz Iran have a defensive mastermind to savour this kind of match, a coach who is happiest seeing opposition teams grind though the gears, snagged on his high-grade defensive spike strips.
(12) Two reports published on Wednesday have suggested that the investigation has hit a snag over what is expected of agents on foreign trips.
(13) The deal had hit a late snag over agents’ fees on Tuesday but Villa have confirmed their first January capture.
(14) Sharon Shoesmith has not changed her appearance, as some might expect her to have done since she was dismissed as Haringey council's director of children's services last year: she still has short, dark hair above heavy designer glasses, and, apart from dropping them a few times, and apart from a sudden snag into tears, she is very composed, very still.
(15) The National Review's Robert Costa says it looks good: Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) Leadership sources: no snags right now on informal whip count, legislation continues to move twd floor, vote coming later October 15, 2013 Except: Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) Pressure mounts on conservatives to vote nay RT @Heritage_Action Key Vote: “NO” on House Spending and Debt Deal October 15, 2013 The failure of the latest Boehner initiative could make a strong argument for the terminal paralysis of the House and the return of the legislative initiative to the Senate.
(16) Danny Green then throws a really ill-conceived pass that Ray Allen snags for another three-pointer, because that's what he does.
(17) Since Colbert’s debut this week, he has already snagged an interview with GOP contender Jeb Bush and booked future appearances with candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.
(18) And anyway, when he came to think about the show, his shifting idea of Britain, there were other things his mind was snagging on.
(19) Results of both clinical and laboratory-based studies showed the non-woven swab to be as effective as traditional gauze in terms of softness, conformability, ability to pad or pack, resistance to snagging and shredding, and ease of counting when wet.
(20) The valve is of crucial importance and varices represent a symptom indicating a snag in the venous return.