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1slug
noun \ˈsləg\
Definition of SLUG
1
: sluggard
2
: a lump, disk, or cylinder of material (as plastic or metal): as a (1) : a musket ball (2) : bullet b : a piece of metal roughly shaped for subsequent processing c : a $50 gold piece d : a disk for insertion in a slot machine; especially : one used illegally instead of a coin
3
: any of numerous chiefly terrestrial pulmonate gastropods (order Stylommatophora) that are found in most parts of the world where there is a reasonable supply of moisture and are closely related to the land snails but are long and wormlike and have only a rudimentary shell often buried in the mantle or entirely absent
4
: a smooth soft larva of a sawfly or moth that creeps like a mollusk
5
a : a quantity of liquor drunk in one swallow b : a detached mass of fluid (as water vapor or oil) that causes impact (as in a circulating system)
6
a : a strip of metal thicker than a printer's lead b : a line of type cast as one piece c : a usually temporary type line serving to instruct or identify
7
: the gravitational unit of mass in the foot-pound-second system to which a pound force can impart an acceleration of one foot per second per second and which is equal to the mass of an object weighing 32 pounds
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Origin of SLUG
Middle English slugge, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect slugga to walk sluggishly
First Known Use: 15th century
2slug
transitive verb
sluggedslug·ging
Definition of SLUG
1
: to add a printer's slug to
2
: to drink in gulps —often used with down
First Known Use of SLUG
1912
3slug
noun
Definition of SLUG
: a heavy blow especially with the fist
Origin of SLUG
perhaps from slug to load with slugs
First Known Use: 1830
4slug
transitive verb
sluggedslug·ging
Definition of SLUG
1
: to strike heavily with or as if with the fist or a bat
2
: fight 4b —usually used in the phrase slug it out
First Known Use of SLUG
circa 1861
SLUG Defined for Kids
1slug
noun \ˈsləg\
Definition of SLUG for Kids
: a wormlike animal living mostly on land that is a mollusk related to the snails but that has an undeveloped shell or none at all
2slug
noun
3slug
noun
Definition of SLUG for Kids
: a hard blow especially with the fist
4slug
verb
sluggedslug·ging
Definition of SLUG for Kids
: to hit hard with the fist or with a bat
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