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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

  • (..) a lot of these now. "Sick leave" isn't the only designation they use when they take one of these Priests out of circulation. They use a slew of terms: "Absent on leave," "unassigned," "emergency response." They got a word for everything, these guys. Except rape. (..)
    2015 Spotlight