Dictionary entry

Slang (5)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Slang, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Slanged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Slanging.] To address with slang or ribaldry; to insult with vulgar language.

Every gentleman abused by a cabman or slanged by a bargee was bound there and then to take off his coat and challenge him to fisticuffs. London Spectator.