Slug - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|slʌɡ|
Brit.
|slʌɡ|
noun
- a projectile that is fired from a gun (syn: bullet)
- 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
- a counterfeit coin
- an idle slothful person (syn: sluggard)
- an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped
- any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell
- (boxing) a blow with the fist (syn: biff, clout, lick, poke, punch)
- 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
- a counterfeit coin
- an idle slothful person (syn: sluggard)
- an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped
he took a slug of hard liquor
- a strip of type metal used for spacing- any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell
- (boxing) a blow with the fist (syn: biff, clout, lick, poke, punch)
verb
- strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat (syn: slog, swig)
He slugged me so hard that I passed out
- be idle; exist in a changeless situation (syn: idle, laze, stagnate)He slugged in bed all morning
Extra examples
He was a loiterer at his labour and a slug in the morning.
Perez still has a slug lodged in his left shoulder.
How could he lie slugging a bed, when others were at work?
He slugged me so hard that I passed out
He slugged in bed all morning
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: slug
he/she/it: slugs
present participle: slugging
past tense: slugged
past participle: slugged
I/you/we/they: slug
he/she/it: slugs
present participle: slugging
past tense: slugged
past participle: slugged
noun
singular: slug
plural: slugs
singular: slug
plural: slugs
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