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slug
1 of 4noun (1)
ˈsləg 
1
: sluggard
2
: a lump, disk, or cylinder of material (such as plastic or metal): such 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 (such 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
slug
2 of 4verb (1)
slugged; slugging
transitive verb
1
: to add a printer's slug to
2
: to drink in gulps —often used with down
slug
3 of 4noun (2)
: a heavy blow especially with the fist
slug
4 of 4verb (2)
slugged; slugging
transitive verb
1
: to strike heavily with or as if with the fist or a bat
2
: fight sense 4b —usually used in the phrase slug it out
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- couch potato
- deadbeat
- do-nothing
- drone
- idler
- layabout
- lazybones
- loafer
- lotus-eater
- slouch
- slugabed
- sluggard
Noun (2)
- bang
- bash
- bat
- beat
- belt
- biff
- blow
- bop
- box
- buffet
- bust
- chop
- clap
- clip
- clout
- crack
- cuff
- dab
- douse [British]
- fillip
- hack
- haymaker
- hit
- hook
- knock
- larrup [dialect]
- lash
- lick
- pelt
- pick
- plump
- poke
- pound
- punch
- rap
- slam
- slap
- smack
- smash
- sock
- spank
- stinger
- stripe
- stroke
- swat
- swipe
- switch
- thud
- thump
- thwack
- wallop
- welt
- whack
- wham
- whop
- whap
Verb (2)
- bang
- bash
- bat
- belt
- biff
- bludgeon
- bob
- bonk
- bop
- box
- bust
- clap
- clip
- clobber
- clock
- clout
- crack
- hammer
- hit
- knock
- nail
- paste
- pound
- punch
- rap
- slam
- slap
- slog
- smack
- smite
- sock
- strike
- swat
- swipe
- tag
- thump
- thwack
- wallop
- whack
- whale
- zap
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Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English slugge, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect slugga to walk sluggishly
Noun (2)
perhaps from slug to load with slugs
First Known Use
Noun (1)
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (1)
1912, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
1830, in the meaning defined above
Verb (2)
circa 1861, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing slug
Kids Definition
slug 1 of 4
noun
ˈsləg
: 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
slug
2 of 4noun
1
: bullet
2
: a metal disk often used in place of a coin
slug
3 of 4noun
: a hard blow especially with the fist
slug
4 of 4verb
slugged; slugging
: to hit hard with the fist or with a bat
slugs 1 of 3
noun (1)
as in punches
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument one well aimed slug on the head knocked him out Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- punches
- pounds
- hits
- blows
- thuds
- thumps
- swipes
- licks
- whacks
- strokes
- knocks
- slaps
- clips
- bats
- pokes
- beats
- bangs
- hooks
- stingers
- smacks
- socks
- pelts
- hacks
- chops
- boxes
- spanks
- haymakers
- stripes
- buffets
- slams
- biffs
- welts
- hands
- belts
- raps
- whams
- switches
- clouts
- lickings
- knees
- claps
- swats
- cuffs
- thwacks
- cracks
- kicks
- lashes
- busts
- bashes
- dabs
- plumps
- smashes
- bops
- larrups
- picks
- sidewinders
- whops
- swings
- whaps
- fillips
- douses
- wallops
- beatings
- counterstrokes
- counters
- counterpunches
- shivers
- counter-strokes
- counterblows
- batterings
- rabbit punches
- roundhouses
- counter-blows
- lefts
- uppercuts
- rights
- body blows
- knockdowns
- whips
- thrashings
- knockouts
- bastinadoes
- crunchers
- sucker punches
- pastings
- kayos
- right-handers
- drubbings
- whippings
- one-twos
- bastinades
- wallopings
- KOs
slugs
2 of 3noun (2)
1
as in snails
a lazy person he's always a slug in the morning, which is why he prefers to sleep late Synonyms & Similar Words
- snails
- drones
- sluggards
- idlers
- deadbeats
- loafers
- layabouts
- bums
- couch potatoes
- slugabeds
- slouches
- lazybones
- crawlers
- creepers
- delayers
- lotus-eaters
- stragglers
- lingerers
- shirkers
- dawdlers
- slowpokes
- laggards
- putterers
- loiterers
- goldbricks
- lollers
- saunterers
- dalliers
- do-nothings
- good-for-nothings
- stick-in-the-muds
- procrastinators
- ne'er-do-wells
- clock-watchers
- slackers
- malingerers
- loungers
- dropouts
- quitters
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- hummers
- doers
- hustlers
- comers
- achievers
- highflyers
- highfliers
- go-getters
- powerhouses
- go-aheads
- live wires
- self-starters
2
as in drinks
the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time knocked back another slug of whiskey Synonyms & Similar Words
- drinks
- gulps
- sips
- swallows
- nips
- belts
- shots
- snorts
- drafts
- swills
- quaffs
- swigs
- drops
- sups
- drams
- drags
slugs
3 of 3verb
as in hits
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner she got so angry that she slugged the back of the chair and knocked it over Synonyms & Similar Words
- punches
- hits
- pounds
- bats
- knocks
- clips
- bangs
- slaps
- smacks
- slams
- boxes
- whacks
- strikes
- cracks
- claps
- swipes
- nails
- hammers
- whales
- socks
- tags
- licks
- bludgeons
- clocks
- zaps
- clouts
- kicks
- thumps
- chops
- bashes
- raps
- thwacks
- jabs
- peppers
- taps
- belts
- flicks
- biffs
- busts
- pastes
- swats
- pokes
- bobs
- stabs
- bonks
- bops
- smites
- wallops
- bumps
- butts
- batters
- shoves
- clobbers
- pushes
- strokes
- stamps
- pelts
- buffets
- bungs
- beats
- mauls
- beans
- slogs
- knees
- pommels
- bunts
- pummels
- skulls
- spears
- cuffs
- roughs
- brains
- decks
- canes
- hangs one on
- dumps
- mangles
- laces
- slashes
- drubs
- clubs
- scuffs
- prods
- conks
- whips
- creams
- saps
- lashes
- levels
- jostles
- sledgehammers
- fells
- cudgels
- switches
- knocks down
- floors
- rabbit-punches
- sledges
- flails
- thrashes
- lambastes
- sucker punches
- lambasts
- bowls (down or over)
- flogs