slay

  • 21slay — [OE] Etymologically, slay means ‘hit’ (its German relative schlagen still does), but from the earliest Old English times it was also used for ‘kill’. It comes from a prehistoric Germanic base *slakh , *slag , *slög ‘hit’, which also produced… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 22slay — phr Be very funny. What a story! You just slay me, Ferdie! 1920s …

    Historical dictionary of American slang

  • 23slay — verb 1) literary 8,000 men were slain Syn: kill, murder, put to death, butcher, cut down, cut to pieces, slaughter, massacre, shoot down, gun down, mow down, eliminate, annihilate, exterminate, liquidate; informal wipe out, bump o …

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  • 24slay — /sleɪ / (say slay) verb (t) (slew or, in certain contexts, slayed, slain, slaying) 1. to kill by violence. 2. to destroy; extinguish. 3. Colloquial to amuse (someone) greatly: that comedian really slays me. 4. Obsolete to strike; smite. {Middle… …

  • 25slay — [OE] Etymologically, slay means ‘hit’ (its German relative schlagen still does), but from the earliest Old English times it was also used for ‘kill’. It comes from a prehistoric Germanic base *slakh , *slag , *slög ‘hit’, which also produced… …

    Word origins

  • 26SLAY Radio — (korrekte Schreibweise SLAY Radio) ist ein seit ca. 2000 durchgehend sendender nativer Internetsender, der sich der Computermusik, insbesondere der Chiptune Musik der 80er und 90er Jahre verschrieben hat[1]. Neben den Originalstücken des C64… …

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  • 27Slay Radio — (korrekte Schreibweise SLAY Radio) ist ein seit ca. 2000 durchgehend sendender nativer Internetsender, der sich der Computermusik, insbesondere der Chiptune Musik der 80er und 90er Jahre verschrieben hat[1]. Neben den Originalstücken des C64… …

    Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 28SLAY Radio — is a 24/7 internet only radio station dedicated to playing remixes and tunes based on music from the Commodore 64 computer, as well as the Amiga, popular in the 1980s and 1990s [citeweb |url=http://slayradio.org slayradio.org |title=Slay Radio ]… …

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  • 29Slay Tracks (1933–1969) — Infobox Album | Name = Slay Tracks (1933–1969) Type = EP Artist = Pavement Released = 1989 Recorded = January 17, 1989 at Louder Than You Think studios in Stockton, California Genre = Indie rock Length = 14:02 Label = Treble Kicker Producer =… …

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  • 30slay 'em in the aisles — Cockney Rhyming Slang Piles (hemorrhoids) Me slay ems are playing me up …

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