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SLANT-EYE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does slant-eye mean?
• SLANT-EYE (noun)
The noun SLANT-EYE has 1 sense:
1. a disparaging term for an Asian person (especially for North Vietnamese soldiers in the Vietnam War)
Familiarity information: SLANT-EYE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disparaging term for an Asian person (especially for North Vietnamese soldiers in the Vietnam War)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
slant-eye; gook
Hypernyms ("slant-eye" is a kind of...):
Oriental; oriental person (a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans))
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