adj

• (slang) Of an insult or person: disrespectful, audacious, and either blunt or sarcastic, in a hilarious way.
  "Wow, that was a savage burn. Absolutely no chill."
• (UK, slang) Unpleasant or unfair.
  "– I'll see you in detention. – Ah, savage!"
• (Ireland, US, slang) Great, brilliant, amazing.
• (US, slang) Severe, rude, aggressive.
  "– They were so savage to them!"

noun

• (historical, now derogatory) A person not living in a civilization; a barbarian.
  "'Well, my lord, I don't know,' said Freeman with a sort of jolly sneer; 'we have been dining with the savages.' 'They are not savages, Freeman.' 'Well, my lord, they have not much more clothes, anyhow; and as for knives and forks, there is not such a thing known.'"
• (figuratively) An aggressively defiant person.
  "Their kids are little savages! One of them bit me the other day."
• (slang) Someone who speaks in an audacious, hilarious, and often sarcastic manner.
  "It was on Dec. 29 that TikTok star Liv Pearsall posted a video titled "7 Times Elmo Was an Absolute Savage," in which the star with more than 2.7 million followers lip-synced to various Elmo-ments."
• (obsolete) A wild and ferocious beast.
  "The torch-eyed ſavage, with growl tremendous, riſing up, diſlocated at one blow the arched neck of Sadit's Arabian ſteed, and brought the unfortunate omrah to the duſt, expiring between his extended claws."

verb

• (figuratively) To criticise vehemently.
  "His latest film was savaged by most reviewers."
• (of an animal) To attack with the teeth.
• (obsolete, transitive) To make savage.
  "Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of wolf."