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S0484800 (slŭg)n.1. A round bullet larger than buckshot.2. Informal a. A shot of liquor.b. An amount of liquid, especially liquor, that is swallowed in one gulp; a swig.3. A small metal disk for use in a vending or gambling machine, especially one used illegally.4. A lump of metal or glass prepared for further processing.5. 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.6. Physics The British unit of mass that accelerates at the rate of one foot per second per second when acted on by a force of one pound on the surface of the Earth. tr.v. slugged, slug·ging, slugs 1. Printing To add slugs to.2. Informal To drink rapidly or in large gulps: slugged down a can of pop.

[Perhaps from slug (from its shape).]

slug²

S0484800 (slŭg)n.1. Any of various terrestrial gastropod mollusks having a slow-moving slimy elongated body with no shell or with a flat rudimentary shell on or under the skin, usually found in moist habitats.2. A sea slug.3. The smooth soft larva of certain insects, such as the sawfly.4. A slimy mass of aggregated amoeboid cells that develops into the spore-bearing fruiting body of a cellular slime mold.5. Informal A sluggard.

[Middle English slugge, sluggard, probably of Scandinavian origin.]

slug³

S0484800 (slŭg)tr.v. slugged, slug·ging, slugs To strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat.n. A hard heavy blow, as with the fist or a baseball bat.

[Possibly from slug.]

slug⁴

S0484800 (slŭg)intr.v. 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.n. A commuter who slugs.

[Probably from slug.]

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