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    [Adjective]  | "slope" | \ ˈslōp \


    1: that slants : sloping —often used in combination

    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English sloop, probably from aslope, adverb, at an angle;

    [Verb]  | "slope" 


    1: to take an oblique course

    2: to lie or fall in a slant : incline

    3: go, travel

    Origin: 1591 ;

    [Noun]  | "slope" 


    1: ground that forms a natural or artificial incline

    2: upward or downward slant or inclination or degree of slant

    3: the part of a continent draining to a particular ocean

    Origin: circa 1568 ;

    [Noun]  | "slope-in*ter*cept form" | \ ˈslōp-ˈin-tər-ˌsept- \


    1: the equation of a straight line in the form y = mx + b where m is the slope of the line and b is its y-intercept

    Origin: circa 1942 ;

    [Noun]  | "bunny slope" 


    1: a gentle incline for skiing used especially by novice skiers —called also bunny hill

    Origin: 1966 ;

    [Noun]  | "continental slope" 


    1: the comparatively steep slope from a continental shelf to the ocean floor

    Origin: 1900 ;

    [Noun]  | "glide slope" 


    1: the proper path of descent for an aircraft preparing to land; especially : such a path indicated by a radio beam

    2: the radio beam that marks a glide slope

    Origin: circa 1949 ;

    [Noun]  | "slippery slope" 


    1: a course of action that seems to lead inevitably from one action or result to another with unintended consequences

    Origin: 1951 ;

    [Phrasal verb]  | "slope off" 


    1: to leave a place quietly or secretly

    [Geographical name]  | "North Slope" 


    1: region in northern Alaska between the Brooks Range and the Arctic Ocean

    [Noun]  | "slope" 


    1: the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon;


      * e.g., " ... the next stretch of the trail had a gentle slope which made it easier to climb "



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    [Verb]  | "slope" 


    1: to set or cause to be at an angle;


      * e.g., " ... they sloped our new driveway too steeply and now my car scrapes bottom whenever I back out onto the street "



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     [ "slope" ]

    1: A derogatory term/slur used for the purpose of describing a Vietnamese/Asian person. Describing the slope of their eyes

      * e.g.,  ... Gran Torino: "Hey, what the hell do you think you’re doing with my car you yellow gook slope?" 

     [ "slope" ]

    1: Vietnam-era charlie. Any asian resembeling one of the 'reds'.

      * e.g.,  ... There are so many slopes at the library! 

     [ "slope" ]

    1: Another word for a Eastern Asia born people.

      * e.g.,  ... Theres a slope at my school, and he likes math! 

     [ "slope" ]

    1: A ratio of distance to rise, a grade or an angle.

      * e.g.,  ... We knew Curtis was off his medication when he ordered $500,000 worth of 21"X15" Bitumenous Coated Corregated Metal pipe Mitered End Sections with a 12:1 slope. 

     [ "slope" ]

    1: To push a person down the sloped floor surface of a pool, making it impossible for them to stand.

      * e.g.,  ... We were playing pool ball, but he was being a douche and tried to slope me the whole time! 

     [ "slope" ]

    1: (verb) to move cool

      * e.g.,  ... "I'ma slope down to the store for a pack of smokes; you need anything?" 

     [ "slope" ]

    1: a males scrotum that packages the testicles.

      * e.g.,  ... the slope is the visible fleshy reproductive organ of a male which stores his seeds. 

     [ "slope" ]

    1: A loss of emotional control that breaks the orderly aura of a situation or area. Can be fatal.

      * e.g.,  ... You can't make it on the streets if you slope. 

     [ "Sloping" ]

    1: To degrade or get worse. Coming from the idea that when you are sloping you are going downhill.

      * e.g.,  ... The peanut sauce they got there has really been sloping for awhile. 

     [ "slopes" ]

    1: derogatory term used in reference towards people of asian ethnicity.

      * e.g.,  ... What are all you slopes looking at anyway? 

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