slew Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
   plenty; great deal; pot; sight; flock; mint; mountain; deal; wad; muckle; pile; lot; mickle; raft; quite a little; passel; hatful; mess; spate; heap; peck; stack; good deal; batch; tidy sum; mass.
   
   • a batch of letters
   • a deal of trouble
   • a lot of money
   • he made a mint on the stock market
   • see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
   • it must have cost plenty
   • a slew of journalists
   • a wad of money
2. verb turn sharply; change direction abruptly
   swerve; cut; veer; trend; curve; sheer; slue.
   
   • The car cut to the left at the intersection
   • The motorbike veered to the right
3. verb move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
   slide; skid; slip; slue.
   
   • the wheels skidded against the sidewalk
4. verb kill intentionally and with premeditation
   murder; off; slay; dispatch; remove; hit; bump off; polish off.
   
   • The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered

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