Slang
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

COD
Lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached

4 letters

DUPE
A person who is tricked or swindled

FOOL
A professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages

GULL
Mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs

CANT
Two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees

5 letters

ARGOT
A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"

LINGO
A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"

PUTON
Increase (one's body weight); "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising"

IDIOM
The style of a particular artist or school or movement; "an imaginative orchestral idiom"

6 letters

TAKEIN
Make (clothes) smaller; "Please take in this skirt--I've lost weight"

BEFOOL
Make a fool or dupe of

JARGON
A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"

PATOIS
A regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard

9 letters

SLANGTERM
Informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar; "their speech was full of slang expressions"

10 letters

VERNACULAR
The everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)

PUTONEOVER
Fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"

12 letters

PUTONEACROSS
Fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"

15 letters

SLANGEXPRESSION
Informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar; "their speech was full of slang expressions"