slab

Meanings

Noun

Verb

  • To make something into a slab.

Adjective

Origin

  • From Middle English sclabbe, slabbe, of uncertain origin; possibly from *slap, related to dialectal slappel, along with slape, sleip, borrowed through Old Norse sleipr from Proto-Germanic *slaipaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyb-. See also Norwegian sleip ("slippery") and Icelandic sleipur.
  • Compare and Irish slaib, and English slop ("puddle").
  • Acronym of Slow, Loud And Bangin'. This term been popularized through the southern rap genre of hip-hop, most notably by rappers such as Paul Wall, Chamillionaire, Lil' Keke, and others.

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