slug
(slʌg )
Word forms: slugs , slugging , slugged
1. countable noun
A slug is a small slow-moving creature with a long soft body and no legs, like a snail without a shell.
2. countable noun
If you take a slug of an alcoholic drink, you take a large mouthful of it. [informal]
Edgar took a slug of his drink. [+ of]
3. verb
If you slug someone, you hit them hard. [informal]
She slugged her right in the face. [VERB noun]
He felt as if he had been slugged by a piece of lead pipe. [VERB noun]
4. countable noun
A slug is a bullet. [mainly US, informal]
5. slug it out phrase [VERB inflects]
If two or more people slug it out, they work very hard to try to be the one who is successful or has their ideas and wishes accepted.
Four candidates are slugging it out in a dirty campaign.
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Translations:
Chinese: 鼻涕虫
Japanese: ナメクジ
- alignment
- align perfectly
- align properly
- alike
- alimentary canal
- alimony
- alimony payments
- A-list
- a litmus test
- a little bird told me
- a little bit
- a little bland
- a little cautious
- a little confusing
- a little daunting
- a little different
- a little envious
- a little frightening
- a little frustrating
- a little harsh
- a little hazy
- alive
- alive and kicking
- alive and kicking
- alive and well