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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To turn (something) on an axis; rotate: slued the swivel chair around; sluing the boom of a crane.
  2. v. To turn sharply; veer: braked and slued the car around.
  3. v. To turn about an axis; pivot.
  4. v. To turn or slide sideways or off course; skid.
  5. n. The act of sluing.
  6. n. The position to which something has slued.
  7. n. Variant of slew1.
  8. n. Variant of slough1.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Nautical, to turn round, as a mast or boom about its axis, without removing it from its place.
  2. To turn or twist about: often followed by round and used reflexively.
  3. To turn about; turn or swing round: often followed by round.
  4. n. The turning of a body upon an axis within its figure: as, he gave his chair a slue to the left.
  5. n. A variant spelling (also slew, sloo) of dough in its second pronunciation.
  6. n. A considerable quantity: as, if you want wood, there's a slue of it on the pavement.

Wiktionary

  1. v. transitive, nautical To rotate something on an axis.
  2. v. transitive To turn something sharply.
  3. v. intransitive To rotate on an axis; to pivot.
  4. v. intransitive To slide off course; to skid.
  5. n. The act of sluing or the place to which something has slued.
  6. n. A slough; a run or wet place.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. (Naut.) To turn about a fixed point, usually the center or axis, as a spar or piece of timber; to turn; -- used also of any heavy body.
  2. v. colloq. In general, to turn about; to twist; -- often used reflexively and followed by round.
  3. v. To turn about; to turn from the course; to slip or slide and turn from an expected or desired course; -- often followed by round.
  4. n. Local See sloough, 2.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. turn sharply; change direction abruptly
  2. v. move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner

Etymologies

  1. Origin unknown. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  1. twist
  1. turn
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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. slew
  1. slue
  1. sluing-gear

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  • reesetee Cool word. May 15, 2008

  • chained_bear "My boat slues around the rushing peaks, her keel clinging to the slopes like a mountain goat, her port side pressed down against the black, rolling ocean."
    --Steven Callahan, Adrift, 29 May 15, 2008

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