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Noun: slews slooz- A large number or amount
- tons [informal], dozens, heaps [informal], lots, piles [informal], scores, stacks [informal], loads [informal], rafts [informal], wads [informal], oodles [informal], gobs [N. Amer, informal], scads [N. Amer, informal], lashings [Brit, informal], many, masses [Brit, informal] Noun: slew sloo- (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], mint, mountain, muckle, passel [US], peck, pile [informal], plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, bunch [informal] Verb: slew sloo- Turn sharply; change direction abruptly
"The motorbike slewed to the right"; - swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, cut - Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
"the wheels slewed against the pavement"; - skid, slip, slue, slide
Type of: glide, large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity, turn Encyclopedia: Slew |