Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Wet mud.
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- noun geology A rapid soil
creep , especially referring to downslope soil movement inperiglacial areas.
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Examples
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It's about the wonder of it all: the beauty, the joy, the fun of a language enriched by poets like Lily Tomlin, Fats Waller and Dizzy Dean to whom we owe "slud," as in "Rizzuto slud into second".
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If I can take her down, it will be a Spartacus-like moment; the joint will once again be free for belching and bad language worthy of Dizzy Dean, who drew the scorn of St. Louis English teachers for saying “He slud in there” on the Baseball Game-of-the-Week.
My Poetic Nemesis Con Chapman 2011
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But the very fact that Time can relay such religiose twaddle without blushing or gagging is proof of how far the so-called Mainstream Media -- or M$M, as I've seen it abbreviated on certain blog-warrior sites -- has slid, or as Dizzy Dead would say, slud.
"What kind of a maniac puts eagles in a Christmas tree?": James Wolcott Wolcott, James, 1952- 2009
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Nah, they are letting the biggest crook in amerika slide on this one, and he has slud through life, like a hot fart in a skillet.
Think Progress » Tom DeLay’s PAC receives felony indictment 2005
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And I can't stand, hell, I hate old ex-ballplayers talking endlessly about themselves--unless it's ancient Ralph Kiner is he still alive? he's sounded dead on the Mets games for 50 years, or old Dizzy Dean saying, "He slud into thurd with hiz spikes aimed right for that summbitch's eyeballs," or Phil Rizzuto "Holy Cow"-ing at every ball hit beyond his failing eyesight.
The Stadiums Are Dark The Daily Growler 2006
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A Zogby poll just slud in here, so I slipped off to take it.
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But the very fact that Time can relay such religiose twaddle without blushing or gagging is proof of how far the so-called Mainstream Media--or MSM, as I've seen it abbreviated on certain blog-warrior sites--has slid, or as Dizzy Dean would say, slud.
The Red Cross Knight 2005
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Callister Park, a pleasant slice of eastside green where Vancouver professional baseball players once "slud into third," as Dizzy Dean used to say, has been set aside by security police to assist protesters who may want to assemble near the Pacific Coliseum.
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He definitely shouldn't have slud (my compliments to Dizzy Dean for that one).
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He described how players “slud into third,” “swang the bat,” and returned to “their respected bases,” and he urged his viewers, “Don’t fail to miss next week’s game.”
WILLIE MAYS JAMES S. HIRSCH 2010
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