1. (often followed by ‘of’) a large number, amount or extent
   "a slew of journalists";
   - batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle [archaic], mountain, muckle, passel [US], peck, pile [informal], plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, spate, stack [informal], tidy sum, wad, bunch [informal], scad [N. Amer, informal]

1. Turn sharply; change direction abruptly
   "The motorbike slewed to the right";
   - swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, cut
    
2. Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
   "the wheels slewed against the pavement";
   - skid, slip, slue, slide

1. [literary] Kill intentionally and with premeditation
   "he will slay the dragon";
   - murder, dispatch, bump off [informal], off [N. Amer, informal], polish off [informal], croak [informal], despatch [Brit]
    
2. [informal] Be excellent, outstanding, or impressive; to perform exceptionally well
   "She was slaying her job interviews";
   - rock [informal], rule [informal], kick ass [N. Amer, informal]
    
3. [informal] Greatly impress or amuse
   "Her jokes slayed the audience"
    
4. [US, informal] Look exceptionally stylish or attractive
   "He's slaying in that new suit"

Sounds like: slays, sl, sle

Derived forms: slewed, slewing, slews

See also: clip [informal], do in [informal], knock off [informal], liquidate, neutralise [Brit], neutralize, stumble, take out [informal], waste [informal], whack [informal]

Type of: excel, glide, kill, large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity, rule, stand out, surpass, turn

Encyclopedia: Slew