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The definition of a slug is a small animal with a soft, smooth and slimy body without a shell that slowly moves using one muscular foot.

(noun)

An example of a slug is the yellow mascot of UC Santa Cruz.

Slug is defined as a small lump of metal or a piece of metal used instead of a token.

(noun)

An example of a slug is a bullet.

Slug means to hit hard.

(verb)

An example of to slug is punching someone in the chest.

See slug in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

any of a large number of small, gastropod mollusks, esp. the ones resembling a land snail, but having only a rudimentary internal shell buried in the mantle
a smooth, soft moth (family Eucleidae) or sawfly larva, resembling a slug
a person, vehicle, etc. that moves sluggishly

Origin: ME slugge, slow, clumsy person or thing < Scand, as in Swed dial. slogga, to be sluggish < IE base *(s)leu-, to hang loosely, lax > sludge

noun

a small piece or lump of metal; specif., a bullet
☆ a piece of metal shaped like and used in place of a coin in automatic coin machines; esp., such a substitute coin when used illegally
☆ Printing
1. a strip of metal used to add space between lines of type
2. a line of type made in one piece or strip, as by a linotype machine
3. a short heading, often a single word, indicating the subject of copy
Physics a unit of mass, equal to c. 14.6 kg (c. 32.2 lb), to which a force of one pound imparts an acceleration of one foot per second per second

Origin: prob. < slug

transitive verb slugged, slugging

Printing to insert (a slug) between lines

noun

Slang a single drink, esp. of straight alcoholic liquor

Origin: prob. < Dan sluge, to gulp; akin to Ger schlucken, to swallow < IE base *(s)leug- > OIr slucim, (I) swallow

transitive verb slugged, slugging

Informal to hit hard, esp. with the fist or a bat

Origin: < dial. (Shetland) slog, slag, a blow < ON slag, akin to OE slean, to strike: see slay

noun

Informal a hard blow or hit

See slug in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A round bullet larger than buckshot.
Informal
a. A shot of liquor.
b. An amount of liquid, especially liquor, that is swallowed in one gulp; a swig.
A small metal disk for use in a vending or gambling machine, especially one used illegally.
A lump of metal or glass prepared for further processing.
Printing
a. A strip of type metal, less than type-high and thicker than a lead, used for spacing.
b. A line of cast type in a single strip of metal.
c. A compositor's type line of identifying marks or instructions, inserted temporarily in copy.
Physics The unit of mass that is accelerated at the rate of one foot per second per second when acted on by a force of one pound weight.

transitive verb slugged slugged, slug·ging, slugs

Printing To add slugs to.
Informal To drink rapidly or in large gulps: slugged down a can of pop.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps from slug² (from its shape)

noun

Any of various small, snaillike, chiefly terrestrial gastropod mollusks of the genus Limax and related genera, having a slow-moving elongated body with no shell or only a flat rudimentary shell on or under the skin.
The smooth soft larva of certain insects, such as the sawfly.
A slimy mass of aggregated amoeboid cells from which the sporophore of a cellular slime mold develops.
Informal A sluggard.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English slugge, sluggard

Origin: , probably of Scandinavian origin

transitive verb slugged slugged, slug·ging, slugs

To strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat.

noun

A hard heavy blow, as with the fist or a baseball bat.

Origin:

Origin: Possibly from slug¹

intransitive verb slugged slugged, slug·ging, slugs

To wait for or obtain a ride to work by standing at a roadside hoping to be picked up by a driver who needs another passenger to use the HOV lanes of a highway.

noun

A commuter who slugs.

Origin:

Origin: Probably from slug²

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