Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To turn (something) on an axis; rotate: slued the swivel chair around; sluing the boom of a crane.
- v. To turn sharply; veer: braked and slued the car around.
- v. To turn about an axis; pivot.
- v. To turn or slide sideways or off course; skid.
- n. The act of sluing.
- n. The position to which something has slued.
- n. Variant of slew1.
- n. Variant of slough1.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Nautical, to turn round, as a mast or boom about its axis, without removing it from its place.
- To turn or twist about: often followed by round and used reflexively.
- To turn about; turn or swing round: often followed by round.
- n. The turning of a body upon an axis within its figure: as, he gave his chair a slue to the left.
- n. A variant spelling (also slew, sloo) of dough in its second pronunciation.
- n. A considerable quantity: as, if you want wood, there's a slue of it on the pavement.
Wiktionary
- v. transitive, nautical To rotate something on an axis.
- v. transitive To turn something sharply.
- v. intransitive To rotate on an axis; to pivot.
- v. intransitive To slide off course; to skid.
- n. The act of sluing or the place to which something has slued.
- n. A slough; a run or wet place.
GNU Webster's 1913
- 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.
- v. colloq. In general, to turn about; to twist; -- often used reflexively and followed by
round . - 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 . - n. Local See sloough, 2.
WordNet 3.0
- v. turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- v. move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
Etymologies
- Origin unknown. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Met Dr. Plunkett, who directed me up above the usual crossing-place of a "slue" -- Had "Boom" put up at Jordan's -- went to Huntington's, then to Howard's, P. O., saw”
Diary of Jason Niles (1814-1894) : June 22, 1861-December 31, 1864,
“For where words have had miraculous operaton, there hath beene alwaies the speciall providence, power and grace of God uttered to the strengthening of the faith of Gods people, and to the furtherance of the gospell: as when the apostle with a word slue Ananias and Saphira.”
“Norwich, thrée prelats highlie at that present in the kings fauour, to further these grants; namelie, that such as slue any préest or spirituall person might haue the law for it: where before, there was no punishment for a season vsed against such offendors but onelie excommunication.”
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (5 of 12) Henrie the Second
“3 Thirdlie, that such as slue any spirituall person, and were of such offense conuicted, either by euidence or confession before the iustice of the realme in presence of the bishop, should be punished as the temporall law in such cases required.”
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (5 of 12) Henrie the Second
“This guy is no better than the slue of Chicago criminals before him.”
“My awesome critique partner Take No Prisoners Sherry highlights the problem words in red and the over-used words in blue with other colors for words indicating a slue of other things.”
“Plus, my publisher sent me a whole slue of books by Rachel Caine, specifically her YA series "The Morganville Vampires.”
“There are a slue of Frank Lloyd Wright homes on the market, including the Avery Coonley Estate Coach House.”
“We are constantly bombarded with the extravagances of our celebrities, Real Housewives, Teen CRIBS, and a slue of juvenile spoiled brats partying like it's 1999.”
“Although it is no excuse, the pear tart was a brand new addition to our menu, and from time to time as you know when baking there will be items that are just duds for a slue of reasons.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘slue’.
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-loos & -lues
without a glue or a clue & slueing up the flue: zorgeloos & zinloos
igloos, waterloos, hullaballoos, twigloos, draadloos, halloos, vindaloos, pijnloos, zorgeloos, naamloos, kosteloos, zinloos and 12 more...
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Serendipity's Words
defenestration, mercurial, syzygy, wicked, iniquitous, metastable, demimonde, entropic, ephemeral, irreligious, frisbee, manifold and 474 more...
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Really Cool Four-Letter Words
I marvel at the amazing variety of four-letter words in the English language. And that's not even counting really common (to me) words like fuck.
ibis, pelf, sofa, iota, oboe, lava, icon, sped, puha, pulp, puma, kyat and 150 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, S
scrunch, solace, sabotage, saccade, sacerdotal, sacrilegious, sacristy, snappy, skew, steadfast, scowl, scorch and 781 more...
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wickedwitch's list
lll
alit, plinth, eclat, diaphanous, portico, nival, daedal, apse, fossa, pellet, avail, midge and 143 more...
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Learned (or Encountered) in Reading
I have a list for words learned from Newsweek; here's where I keep all the stuff from other shit I read.
Except when I'm looking stuff up and find new words that way. Those go on their...cellie, laminectomy, mridangam, terroir, hypospadias, crus, corpora cavernosa, crura, uretheral meatus, bartholin's gland, coloquintida, colopexy and 921 more...
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About ship
tacking, astern, cruise, keel, gimbals, careen, envelop, binnacle, stemson, taffrail, corvette, slue and 7 more...
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hannah's Words
perpetuity, portmanteau, scintillate, elucidate, surreptitious, reticulate, cavilling, laudatory, milquetoast, inimitable, schadenfreude, ancillary and 212 more...
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eweisser's Words
sphygmomanometer, slake, zydeco, saliency, blithe, verisimilitude, slough, bayou, slew, slue, soporific, lithe and 5 more...
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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