Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Slightly drunk.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of slue.

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Examples

  • He looked across at me, and his eye appraised my watch – chain, and then he incidentally spat and said something to the other convict, and they laughed and slued themselves round with a clink of their coupling manacle, and looked at something else.

    Great Expectations 2007

  • Then they followed his horse-tracks till late the second day, and found that the horse had slued round and was making for home again with nobody on him.

    Robbery Under Arms 2004

  • He slued round and went away steady, picking a bit as he went.

    Robbery Under Arms 2004

  • The airliner slued around in mid-air, pivoting on its center of gravity.

    Joint Operations Douglass, Keith 2000

  • The wheels slued and skidded, but the machine remained upright.

    Xone of Contention Anthony, Piers 1999

  • The wheels slued and skidded, but the machine remained upright.

    Xone of Contention Anthony, Piers 1999

  • The ragged metal fuselage dropped from the air bag and slued sideways.

    Time Streams King, J. Robert 1999

  • The symbology for target-fire-control designation popped into being on his screen, and he slued his chair around to stare at the weapons technician manning the fire-control console.

    Nuke Zone Douglass, Keith 1998

  • Lieutenant Commander "Gator" Cummings, an F-14 Radar Intercept Officer, or RIO, slued his cursor over to capture the offending blip.

    Nuke Zone Douglass, Keith 1998

  • His hindquarters slued off the edge and into space.

    The Waste Lands King, Stephen, 1947- 1991

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