: 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
Noun (1)
he's always a slug in the morning, which is why he prefers to sleep late
knocked back another slug of whiskey Noun (2)
one well aimed slug on the head knocked him out Verb (2)
she got so angry that she slugged the back of the chair and knocked it over
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Noun
Cone snails are one of the most venomous animals on Earth, with approximately 600-700 species of slugs in existence, according to the Ocean Conservancy (OC).—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2025 To tell the difference: check plants over carefully for slimy slug trails.—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 June 2025
Verb
The slugging senior catcher powered the Cardinals to a third straight Division 4 state title.—Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 4 July 2025 This time, Oneil Cruz and Tommy Pham teed off on Mets starter Frankie Montas to start, slugging back-to-back first inning home runs that contributed to a 12-1 Pirates win on Sunday.—Fiifi Frimpong, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for slug
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English slugge, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect slugga to walk sluggishly
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