'Slug' definitions:
Definition of 'slug'
(from WordNet)
noun
A projectile that is fired from a gun [syn: bullet, slug]
noun
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
noun
A counterfeit coin
noun
An idle slothful person [syn: sluggard, slug]
noun
An amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped; "he took a slug of hard liquor"
noun
A strip of type metal used for spacing [syn: type slug, slug]
noun
Any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell
noun
(boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose" [syn: punch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slug]
verb
Strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat; "He slugged me so hard that I passed out" [syn: slug, slog, swig]
verb
Definition of 'Slug'
From: GCIDE
- Slug \Slug\, n. [OE. slugge slothful, sluggen to be slothful; cf. LG. slukk low-spirited, sad, E. slack, slouch, D. slak, slek, a snail.]
- 1. A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A hindrance; an obstruction. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Zool.) Any smooth, soft larva of a sawfly or moth which creeps like a mollusk; as, the pear slug; rose slug. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A ship that sails slowly. [Obs.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
- His rendezvous for his fleet, and for all slugs to come to, should be between Calais and Dover. --Pepys. [1913 Webster]
- 6. [Perhaps a different word.] An irregularly shaped piece of metal, used as a missile for a gun. [1913 Webster]
- 7. (Print.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- Sea slug. (Zool.) (a) Any nudibranch mollusk. (b) A holothurian.
- Slug caterpillar. Same as Slugworm. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Slug'
From: GCIDE
- Slug \Slug\, v. i. To move slowly; to lie idle. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- To slug in sloth and sensual delight. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Slug'
From: GCIDE
- Slug \Slug\, v. t. To make sluggish. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Slug'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Slug'
From: GCIDE
- Slug \Slug\, v. i. 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'slug'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- baggage check,
- ball,
- bang,
- bar shot,
- bash,
- bat,
- beating,
- belt,
- biff,
- bird shot,
- blast,
- blow,
- bonk,
- buckshot,
- bullet,
- bum,
- cannon shot,
- cannonball,
- case shot,
- check,
- Chilopoda,
- chop,
- Chordata,
- clap,
- clip,
- clobber,
- clock watcher,
- clout,
- clump,
- cold-type typesetting,
- coldcock,
- composing,
- composing stick,
- composition,
- computerized typesetting,
- counter,
- coupon,
- crack,
- crossbar shot,
- cut,
- dallier,
- dash,
- dawdle,
- dawdler,
- deal,
- deal a blow,
- deck,
- diddler,
- dig,
- dillydallier,
- dint,
- do-nothing,
- dolittle,
- doodler,
- dose,
- dram,
- drone,
- drop,
- drub,
- drubbing,
- drumming,
- duck shot,
- dumdum bullet,
- dummy,
- Echiuroidea,
- Ectoprocta,
- em,
- em quad,
- en,
- en quad,
- Entoprocta,
- expanding bullet,
- faineant,
- fetch,
- fetch a blow,
- five-em space,
- foot-dragger,
- four-em space,
- furniture,
- fusillade,
- galley chase,
- gentleman of leisure,
- goldbrick,
- goldbricker,
- goof-off,
- grape,
- grapeshot,
- hair space,
- hat check,
- hit,
- hit a clip,
- hot-metal typesetting,
- idler,
- imposition,
- Intertype,
- jab,
- jolt,
- justification,
- justification space,
- justifying space,
- knock,
- knock cold,
- knock down,
- knock out,
- laggard,
- langrel shot,
- layout,
- lazybones,
- let have it,
- lick,
- lie-abed,
- line of type,
- lingerer,
- Linotype,
- loafer,
- loiterer,
- loller,
- lotus-eater,
- lounger,
- lubber,
- manstopping bullet,
- Monoplacophora,
- Monotype,
- mope,
- moper,
- Nemertinea,
- nip,
- paste,
- patent space,
- pellet,
- pelt,
- Phoronidea,
- photocomposition,
- photosetting,
- phototypesetter,
- phototypesetting machine,
- plodder,
- plunk,
- poke,
- portion,
- potterer,
- pound,
- procrastinator,
- punch,
- putterer,
- quad,
- quadrat,
- quoin,
- rap,
- rifle ball,
- round shot,
- scrip,
- setting,
- shell,
- shot,
- shrapnel,
- slacker,
- slam,
- sleepyhead,
- slog,
- slouch,
- sloucher,
- sloven,
- slow goer,
- slow-foot,
- slowbelly,
- slowpoke,
- slugabed,
- sluggard,
- smack,
- smash,
- smite,
- snail,
- snap,
- snifter,
- snort,
- soak,
- sock,
- space,
- spaceband,
- split shot,
- stick-in-the-mud,
- strike,
- strike at,
- stroke,
- swat,
- swing,
- swipe,
- tag,
- tattoo,
- thick space,
- thin space,
- thump,
- thwack,
- ticket,
- time killer,
- time waster,
- token,
- tortoise,
- tot,
- trifler,
- typesetting,
- typesetting machine,
- waiter on Providence,
- wallop,
- whack,
- wham,
- whop,
- yerk