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sling off

British  

verb

  1. informal to laugh or jeer (at)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Ef yer git on to the right path an' cross the keg safe, yer ken sling off wi' a whole skin.

From The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest by Cullum, Ridgwell

“Missis Jackalse she pop her head inside agen mighty quick at dat, an’ Ou’ Wolf he sling off down de spruit wid his back up.

From Old Hendrik's Tales by Vaughan, Arthur Owen

He and the rest of the men continued to "sling off," as they said, at Bully and Roy O'Mara as they saw fit, nevertheless.

From The Black Opal by Prichard, Katharine Susannah