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# The Good Oil Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-word-of-the-day-294/
- Published: 2025-05-27T18:15:22.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-27T18:15:21.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, Word of the Day

The word for today is…

slew (noun, verb):

*noun*  
: a large number

*transitive verb*  
1: to turn (something, such as a telescope or a ship's spar) about a fixed point that is usually the axis  
2: to cause to skid : veer

*intransitive verb*  
1: to turn, twist, or swing about : pivot  
2: skid

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slew?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Slew appeared as a colloquialism in the early 19th century. Its origins are unclear, but it is perhaps taken from the Irish slua, a descendant of Old Irish slúag, meaning "army," "host," or "throng." Slew has several homographs (words that are spelled alike but different in meaning, derivation, or pronunciation) in English. These include: slew as the past tense of the verb slay; slew as a spelling variant of slough, a word which is also commonly pronounced \\SLOO\\ and which means "swamp," "an inlet on a river," or "a creek in a marsh or tide flat"; and the verb slew, meaning "to turn, veer, or skid."

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