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slew

1

[ sloo ]

verb

  1. simple past tense of slay.


slew

2
or slue

[ sloo ]

noun

Informal.
  1. a large number or quantity:

    a whole slew of people.

slew

1

/ ː /

verb

  1. the past tense of slay
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slew

2

/ ː /

verb

  1. to twist or be twisted sideways, esp awkwardly

    he slewed around in his chair

  2. nautical to cause (a mast) to rotate in its step or (of a mast) to rotate in its step
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noun

  1. the act of slewing
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slew

3

/ ː /

noun

  1. a variant spelling (esp US) of slough 1
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slew

4

/ ː /

noun

  1. informal.
    a great number or amount; a lot
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Word History and Origins

Origin of slew1

1830–40, Americanism; < Irish sluagh crowd, throng, army, host
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Word History and Origins

Origin of slew1

C18: of unknown origin

Origin of slew2

C20: from Irish Gaelic sluagh; related to Old Irish ō army
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At the end of seven rounds with nine draft picks on the way and a slew of undrafted free agents en route, Hortiz met reporters with a content smile.

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There was a slew of litigation and it ended when Baffert accepted responsibility for the positive test, which led to Medina Spirit’s disqualification.

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Survivors of the Eaton fire gathered Thursday morning in Pasadena to condemn State Farm’s alleged mishandling of a slew of claims by policyholders who suffered losses in the blaze.

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Wink Martindale, the king of the television game show who hosted “Tic-Tac-Dough,” “Gambit,” “High Rollers” and a slew of other programs that became staples in living rooms across America, died Tuesday in Rancho Mirage.

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The Trump administration has stated that its slew of environmental rollbacks are intended to ease regulatory costs, lower taxes and expand the creation of an “affordable and reliable domestic energy supply.”

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