- slant eyes
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slant — {{11}}slant (n.) 1650s, from SLANT (Cf. slant) (v.). Derogatory slang sense of Oriental, slant eyed person is recorded from 1943, from earlier slant eyes (1929). {{12}}slant (v.) 1520s, to strike obliquely (against something), alteration of… … Etymology dictionary
slant — Hiō, hiona, pahiō, lala, kau kepa, ōkihikihi. ♦ Slanting lines, kahahiō. ♦ “Slant” eyes, maka lilio … English-Hawaiian dictionary
Slant — can refer to:*Bias or other non objectivity in journalism, politics, academia or other fields*Slant (route), an American football play pattern.*slant (handwriting), an attribute of Western handwriting* Slant (journal) , a Catholic journal* / (or… … Wikipedia
slant — vb Slant, slope, incline, lean are comparable when they mean to diverge or cause to diverge from a vertical or horizontal line. Slant carries the sharpest and clearest implication of such divergence of any of these terms but it carries no… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
slant-eyed — /slant uyd , slahnt /, adj. (of a person) 1. having eyes with epicanthic folds. 2. having eyes that appear to slant. 3. Disparaging and Offensive. being of Far Eastern origin, as a Chinese or Japanese. [1860 65] * * * … Universalium
slant-eyed — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : having slanting eyes; specifically : mongoloid * * * /slant uyd , slahnt /, adj. (of a person) 1. having eyes with epicanthic folds. 2. having eyes that appear to slant. 3. Disparaging and Offensive. being of Far Eastern… … Useful english dictionary
slant — slant1 [sla:nt US slænt] v [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: From a Scandinavian language] 1.) [I and T] to slope or make something slope in a particular direction ▪ The sun s rays slanted through the trees. ▪ slanting eyes 2.) [T] to provide information … Dictionary of contemporary English
slant — [[t]slɑ͟ːnt, slæ̱nt[/t]] slants, slanting, slanted 1) VERB Something that slants is sloping, rather than horizontal or vertical. [V adv/prep] The morning sun slanted through the glass roof... [V adv/prep] Battered pine floors slanted down to a… … English dictionary
slant — v., n., & adj. v. 1 intr. slope; diverge from a line; lie or go obliquely to a vertical or horizontal line. 2 tr. cause to do this. 3 tr. (often as slanted adj.) present (information) from a particular angle esp. in a biased or unfair way. n. 1 a … Useful english dictionary
slant-eye — noun (slang) a disparaging term for an Asian person (especially for North Vietnamese soldiers in the Vietnam War) • Syn: ↑gook • Usage Domain: ↑disparagement, ↑depreciation, ↑derogation, ↑slang, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
slant rhyme — Pros. rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours. Also called half rhyme, imperfect rhyme, near rhyme. * * * … Universalium
