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Meaning of 'slug' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Slug [ n.]
- A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard.
- A hindrance; an obstruction.
- Any one of numerous species of terrestrial pulmonate mollusks belonging to Limax and several related genera, in which the shell is either small and concealed in the mantle, or altogether wanting. They are closely allied to the land snails.
- Any smooth, soft larva of a sawfly or moth which creeps like a mollusk; as, the pear slug; rose slug.
- A ship that sails slowly.
- An irregularly shaped piece of metal, used as a missile for a gun.
- A thick strip of metal less than type high, and as long as the width of a column or a page, -- used in spacing out pages and to separate display lines, etc.
2 . Slug [ v. i.]
- To move slowly; to lie idle.
- To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel; -- said of a bullet when fired from a gun, pistol, or other firearm.
3 . Slug [ v. t.]
- To make sluggish.
- To load with a slug or slugs; as, to slug a gun.
- To strike heavily.

Meaning of 'slug' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . slug [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped
Example in sentence:
  • he took a slug of hard liquor
Meaning (2):
- (boxing) a blow with the fist
Example in sentence:
  • I gave him a clout on his nose
3 . slug [ v]
Meaning (3):
- be idle; exist in a changeless situation
Example in sentence:
  • He slugged in bed all morning;
  • The old man sat and stagnated on his porch
Meaning (4):
- strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat
Example in sentence:
  • He slugged me so hard that I passed out

Nearby Words:

slub slubbed slubber slubberdegullion slubbered slubbering slubberingly slubbing sludge sludger

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