slug

²slug

noun

Definition of SLUG

1

a lazy person <he's always a slug in the morning, which is why he prefers to sleep late>

Synonyms couch potato, deadbeat, do-nothing, drone, idler, layabout, loafer, lotus-eater, slouch, slug, slugabed, sluggard

Related Words bum, good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well; crawler, creeper, dawdler, laggard, putterer, slowpoke, snail, stick-in-the-mud, straggler; clock-watcher, goldbrick, malingerer, shirker, slacker; dallier, lingerer, loiterer, loller, lounger, saunterer; delayer, procrastinator; dropout, quitter

Near Antonyms achiever, comer, highflier (or highflyer); live wire, powerhouse

Antonyms doer, go-ahead, go-getter, hummer, hustler, rustler, self-starter

2

the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time <knocked back another slug of whiskey>

Synonyms belt, draft, drag, gulp, nip, quaff, shot, sip, slug, snort, sup, swallow, swig, swill

Related Words dram, drop