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Definition of slug
(Entry 1 of 4)
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
5a
: 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)
6a
: 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
verb (1)
slugged; slugging
Definition of slug (Entry 2 of 4)
slug
noun (2)
Definition of slug (Entry 3 of 4)
: a heavy blow especially with the fist
slug
verb (2)
slugged; slugging
Definition of slug (Entry 4 of 4)
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
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slug
noun
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Kids Definition of slug
(Entry 1 of 4)
: 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
noun
Kids Definition of slug (Entry 2 of 4)
1
: bullet
2
: a metal disk often used in place of a coin
slug
noun
Kids Definition of slug (Entry 3 of 4)
: a hard blow especially with the fist
slug
verb
slugged; slugging
Kids Definition of slug (Entry 4 of 4)
: to hit hard with the fist or with a bat
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The first known use of slug was in the 15th century
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