slew

Definition

  • noun: a large number 'of' people or things
  • verb: to turn (as a telescope or a ship's spar) about a fixed point that is usually the axis
  • verb: to turn or slide in another direction very quickly
  • past tense of 'slay'

Examples

  • His car 'slewed' [='skidded, veered'] sideways off the road.

  • A whole 'slew of' people [=a lot of people] were waiting.

  • He 'slewed' the telescope three degrees south.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) ...and by that authority... ...I demand that someone show me your commander. Listen. Do you think the paltry dozen you slew scares us? These hills swarm with our scouts. And do you think your pathetic wall will do anything... ...except fall like a heap of dry leaves in the face of...? (..)
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