Definition of SLUG

slug

Plural: slugs

Noun

  • a projectile that is fired from a gun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Any of many gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell.
  • A slow, lazy person; a sluggard.
  • A bullet or other projectile fired from a firearm; in modern usage, generally refers to a shotgun slug.
  • A solid block or piece of roughly shaped metal.
  • A counterfeit coin, especially one used to steal from vending machines.
  • A shot of a drink, usually alcoholic.
  • A title, name or header, a catchline, a short phrase or title to indicate the content of a newspaper or magazine story for editing use.
  • The imperial (English) unit of mass that accelerates by 1 foot per second squared (1 ft/s²) when a force of one pound-force (lbf) is exerted on it.
  • A discrete mass of a material that moves as a unit, usually through another material.
  • A motile pseudoplasmodium formed by amoebae working together.
  • An accessory to a diesel-electric locomotive, used to increase adhesive weight and allow full power to be applied at a lower speed. It has trucks with traction motors, but lacks a prime mover, being powered by electricity from the mother locomotive, and may or may not have a control cab.
  • A black screen used to separate broadcast items.
  • A piece of type metal imprinted by a linotype machine; also a black mark placed in the margin to indicate an error; also said in application to typewriters; type slug.
  • A stranger picked up as a passenger to enable legal use of high occupancy vehicle lanes.
  • A hitchhiking commuter.
  • The last part of a clean URL, the displayed resource name, similar to a filename.
  • A hindrance, an obstruction.
  • A ship that sails slowly.
  • A block of text at the beginning of a scene that sets up the scene's location, characters, etc.
  • An infertile egg of a reptile.
  • A hard blow, usually with the fist.

Verb

Verb Forms: slugged, slugging, slugs

  • To strike hard or with a heavy blow.
  • strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat
    • "He slugged me so hard that I passed out"
  • be idle; exist in a changeless situation
    • "He slugged in bed all morning"
  • To drink quickly; to gulp; to down.
  • To take part in casual carpooling; to form ad hoc, informal carpools for commuting, essentially a variation of ride-share commuting and hitchhiking.
  • To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel.
  • To move slowly or sluggishly; to lie idle.
  • To load with a slug or slugs.
  • To make sluggish.
  • To hit very hard, usually with the fist.

Examples

  • He insulted my mother, so I slugged him.
  • She hoped her seven-letter word would slug her opponent with a decisive score.
  • The average slug has a mass of around 0.00002 slugs.
  • The fighter slugged his opponent into unconsciousness.
  • to slug a gun

Origin / Etymology

Originally referred to a slow, lazy person, from Middle English slugge (“lazy person", also "sloth, slothfulness”), probably of either Old English or Old Norse origin; compare Norn slug (“lazy, slothful, sluggish”), dialectal Norwegian slugg (“a large, heavy body”), sluggje (“heavy, slow person”), Danish slog (“rascal, rogue”); perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sliǵ-ōn, from *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”) or otherwise from the root of Old Norse slókr (“lazy person, oaf”), whence Icelandic slókur (“laziness”). Compare also Dutch slak (“snail, slug”). Doublet of slotch.

Synonyms

biff, bullet, clout, idle, laze, lick, poke, punch, slog, sluggard, stagnate, swig, type slug, geepound, nip & Thesaurus:drink

Antonyms

work

Scrabble Score: 5

slug: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
slug: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
slug: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

slug: valid Words With Friends Word