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Definition of 'Slug'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) slug
any of various snaillike terrestrial gastropod mollusks having no shell or only a rudimentary one, feeding on plants, and often a pest of leafy garden crops.

2.  slug
a metal disk used as a coin or token, generally counterfeit.

3.  slug
a piece of lead or other metal for firing from a gun.

4.  slug
any heavy piece of crude metal.

5.  slug
Print.

6.  slug
a thick strip of type metal less than type-high.

7.  slug
such a strip containing a type-high number or other character for temporary use.

8.  slug
a line of type in one piece, as produced by a Linotype.

9.  slug
a shot of liquor taken neat; belt.

10.  slug
Slang. a person who is lazy or slow-moving; sluggard.

11.  slug
Journalism.

12.  slug
a short phrase or title used to indicate the story content of a piece of copy.

13.  slug
the line of type carrying this information.

14.  slug
a gold coin of California, issued in 1849 and worth 50 dollars.

15.  slug
a unit of mass, of about 32.2 lb (15 kg), that is accelerated 1 ft per sec per sec by a force of 1 lb.

16. (v.t.) slug
Print.

17.  slug
to make (corrections) by replacing entire lines of type, esp. as set by a Linotype.

18.  slug
Journalism. to furnish (copy) with a slug.

19. (v.t.) slug
to strike hard, esp. with the fist.

20.  slug
to drive (a baseball) a great distance.

21.  slug
to fight, esp. with fists:
slugged it out.

22. (v.i.) slug
to hit or be capable of hitting hard.

23. (n.) slug
a hard blow or hit, esp. with a fist or baseball bat.

Etymology: (1820–30; perh. identical with slug¹)

Definition of 'Slug'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) bullet, slug
a projectile that is fired from a gun

2. (noun) slug
a unit of mass equal to the mass that accelerates at 1 foot/sec/sec when acted upon by a force of 1 pound; approximately 14.5939 kilograms

3. (noun) slug
a counterfeit coin

4. (noun) sluggard, slug
an idle slothful person

5. (noun) slug
an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped
"he took a slug of hard liquor"

6. (noun) type slug, slug
a strip of type metal used for spacing

7. (noun) slug
any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell

8. (verb) punch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slug
(boxing) a blow with the fist
"I gave him a clout on his nose"

9. (verb) slug, slog, swig
strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat
"He slugged me so hard that I passed out"

10. (verb) idle, laze, slug, stagnate
be idle; exist in a changeless situation
"The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"

Definition of 'Slug'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) slug
a small animal like a snail with no shell

Definition of 'Slug'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Slug
a drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard

2. (noun) Slug
a hindrance; an obstruction

3. (noun) Slug
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

4. (noun) Slug
any smooth, soft larva of a sawfly or moth which creeps like a mollusk; as, the pear slug; rose slug

5. (noun) Slug
a ship that sails slowly

6. (noun) Slug
an irregularly shaped piece of metal, used as a missile for a gun

7. (noun) Slug
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

8. (verb) Slug
to move slowly; to lie idle

9. (verb) Slug
to make sluggish

10. (verb) Slug
to load with a slug or slugs; as, to slug a gun

11. (verb) Slug
to strike heavily

12. (verb) Slug
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

Translation of 'Slug'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a kind of animal like a snail.
Afrikaans: slak	Arabic: بَزّاقَه: حَيوان من الرَّ	Bulgarian: плужек
Brazilian: lesma	Czech: slimák	German: die Wegschnecke
Danish: skovsnegl	Greek: γυμνοσάλιαγκας	Spanish: babosa
Estonian: nälkjas	Farsi: ليسه	Finnish: etana
French: limace	Hebrew: שַבּלוּל	Hindi: घोंघा, शम्बूक
Croatian: puž balavac	Hungarian: meztelen csiga	Indonesian: pacat
Icelandic: brekkusnigill	Italian: limaccia, lumacone	Japanese: なめくじ
Korean: 민달팽이	Lithuanian: šliužas	Latvian: gliemis
Malay: lintah	Dutch: naakte slak	Norwegian: nakensnegl
Polish: ślimak nagi	Persian: ليسه	Pashto: پشوګۍ، ماماغواګۍ، كار ګه
Portuguese: lesma	Romanian: limax, melc	Russian: слизняк
Slovak: slimák	Slovenian: polž	Serbian: puž golać
Swedish: snigel	Thai: ทากจำพวก Stylommatophora	Turkish: kabuksuz sümüklü böcek
Taiwanese: 蛞蝓	Ukrainian: слимак	Urdu: بے سیپ کا صدفہ یا رخوہ
Vietnamese: con sên	Chinese: 蛞蝓
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