as in punch
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
one well aimed slug on the head knocked him out
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as in snail
a lazy person
he's always a slug in the morning, which is why he prefers to sleep late
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as in to punch
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
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Recent Examples of slug
Elizabeth Kolbert,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
Although the scent of mint is deeply appealing to most human noses, many pests don’t like the smell or taste of mint – including slugs and snails.
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Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 June 2026
Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
11 June 2026
There wasn’t much concern about the hard-slugging right fielder’s condition, however.
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Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
10 June 2026
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Noun
So, too, do simultaneous hermaphrodites, a collection of creatures that includes most species of land snails, slugs, and earthworms.
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Elizabeth Kolbert,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
Although the scent of mint is deeply appealing to most human noses, many pests don’t like the smell or taste of mint – including slugs and snails.
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Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 June 2026
Verb
Just one slugging homegrown hitter can help so, so much.
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Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
11 June 2026
There wasn’t much concern about the hard-slugging right fielder’s condition, however.
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Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
10 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slug
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Our expert take The Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card packs a punch for a $95 annual fee card, offering annual travel credits, comprehensive travel protections, flexible rewards and more.
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Daniel takes advantage of this momentary distraction to deliver a left hook, right punch to the gut, asking Lestat about his maker, Magnus (Damien Atkins).
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If CosRx can convince people to willingly slather snail mucin on their faces, trusting the brand with hair care is a pretty easy next step.
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Some of our go-to eye serums are marked down for Prime Day, too, including the COSRX Snail Mucin Peptide Under Eye Cream, which features snail mucin, peptides, and niacinamide to even out discoloration and soothe puffy areas.
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The glass caught the light first, then the lemon oil lifted before the first sip.
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Kyle giving Lindsay a piggyback while also trying to take a sip of Loverboy is why these two will always be famous.
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Israeli strikes hit several towns in southern Lebanon on Saturday morning local time, killing at least five people, Lebanese state-run National News Agency reported, despite Israel and Hezbollah renewing their truce Friday.
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Temperatures are expected to soar on June 22 in parts of Oregon and Washington, possibly hitting 100 degrees in Portland and at least 90 degrees in Seattle.
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Emotionally, militarily, even symbolically, this is a devastating blow to the Black Queen and her cause.
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When Lucerys refuses, Aemond chases Lucerys on his dragon, seemingly meaning to injure him rather than kill him, but his dragon, Vhagar, delivers a fatal blow to Rhaenyra’s son.
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The suspects accused of plotting an attack on the UFC fight at the White House allegedly planned to deploy drones armed with explosives around the event, forcing the crowd to evacuate before they would be targeted by sniper fire, court records said.
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The threat of drone attacks forced several Saudi, Emirati and Iraqi facilities to shut in during the war, too.
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It’s not made explicitly clear if these seemingly sympathetic kids are actually his worst bullies, but Machado-Graner’s eyes, lip twitch, and throat gulp in this short sequence tell a whole story in themselves.
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The nervous gulp that sight triggered.
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The parasite has now been discovered in cattle in south Texas and New Mexico, which prompted Canada to slap bans on live cattle from the region.
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Aranda slapped an outside changeup on a line down the leftfield line, and the ball struck the screen on the fair side of foul pole for a three-run homer.
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“Slug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slug. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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