Usually means: Turn or slide uncontrollably, abundantly.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word slew:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. slew: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. slew: Merriam-Webster
  3. slew, slew, slew: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. slew, slew, slew, slew: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. slew: Collins English Dictionary
  6. slew: Vocabulary.com
  7. Slew, slew: Wordnik
  8. slew: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. slew: Wiktionary
  10. slew: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. slew: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. slew: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. slew: Dictionary.com
  14. slew (n.1), slew (n.2), slew (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. slew: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Slew (disambiguation), Slew (spacecraft), Slew, The Slew: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Slew: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. slew: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. slew: Rhymezone
  20. Slew: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. slew: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. slew: FreeDictionary.org
  23. slew: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. slew: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. slew: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. slew: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. slew: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SLEW: Acronym Finder

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Slew: Extragalactic Astronomy

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. slew, slew: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. slew: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See slay as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The act, or process of slewing.
noun:  A device used for slewing.
noun:  A change of position.
verb:  (transitive, nautical) To rotate or turn something about its axis.
verb:  (transitive) To veer a vehicle.
verb:  (transitive) To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
verb:  (intransitive) To pivot.
verb:  (intransitive) To skid.
verb:  (transitive, rail transport) To move something (usually a railway line) sideways.
verb:  (transitive, British, slang) To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
noun:  A wet or swampy place; a river inlet.
noun:  A large amount.
noun:  A crowd or large number of people.

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