Synonyms of slugs

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noun (1)

plural of slug

as in punches

a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument

one well aimed slug on the head knocked him out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• punches
• pounds
• blows
• hits
• thuds
• swipes
• thumps
• strokes
• slaps
• whacks
• knocks
• licks
• clips
• smacks
• pokes
• bangs
• spanks
• beats
• bats
• hooks
• socks
• stingers
• pelts
• slams
• chops
• hacks
• haymakers
• stripes
• buffets
• boxes
• welts
• claps
• belts
• switches
• swats
• hands
• cuffs
• biffs
• raps
• lashes
• whams
• knees
• whaps
• clouts
• lickings
• kicks
• thwacks
• whops
• cracks
• bops
• dabs
• busts
• larrups
• bashes
• plumps
• fillips
• picks
• smashes
• swings
• douses
• wallops
• beatings
• counter-strokes
• counter-blows
• sidewinders
• counterstrokes
• counters
• shivers
• rabbit punches
• counterpunches
• counterblows
• lefts
• roundhouses
• rights
• body blows
• batterings
• right-handers
• uppercuts
• sucker punches
• knockdowns
• whips
• thrashings
• kayos
• KOs
• crunchers
• pastings
• knockouts
• bastinadoes
• whippings
• drubbings
• wallopings
• bastinades
• one-twos

slugs

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noun (2)

plural of slug

1

as in snails

a lazy person

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• snails
• drones
• bums
• sluggards
• idlers
• deadbeats
• loafers
• layabouts
• couch potatoes
• lotus-eaters
• slouches
• slugabeds
• lazybones
• delayers
• crawlers
• creepers
• stragglers
• lingerers
• do-nothings
• shirkers
• dawdlers
• laggards
• slowpokes
• loiterers
• putterers
• goldbricks
• clock-watchers
• lollers
• slackers
• good-for-nothings
• saunterers
• ne'er-do-wells
• malingerers
• procrastinators
• stick-in-the-muds
• loungers
• dalliers
• dropouts
• quitters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• doers
• hummers
• hustlers
• comers
• achievers
• self-starters
• highfliers
• go-getters
• powerhouses
• go-aheads
• highflyers
• live wires

2

as in drinks

the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time

knocked back another slug of whiskey

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drinks
• sips
• gulps
• swallows
• nips
• belts
• snorts
• drafts
• shots
• swigs
• sups
• drops
• swills
• quaffs
• drams
• drags

slugs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of slug

as in hits

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hits
• punches
• pounds
• knocks
• clips
• slaps
• smacks
• bangs
• slams
• bats
• claps
• whacks
• strikes
• boxes
• swipes
• cracks
• nails
• socks
• hammers
• tags
• licks
• kicks
• whales
• zaps
• thumps
• bashes
• bludgeons
• clocks
• clouts
• raps
• taps
• jabs
• swats
• belts
• chops
• thwacks
• flicks
• pokes
• bobs
• pastes
• clobbers
• smites
• stabs
• shoves
• biffs
• busts
• bonks
• bops
• pushes
• wallops
• slogs
• peppers
• bumps
• strokes
• batters
• stamps
• butts
• beats
• mauls
• buffets
• pelts
• knees
• pummels
• roughs
• hangs one on
• cuffs
• beans
• drubs
• decks
• bunts
• mangles
• brains
• slashes
• dumps
• spears
• laces
• lambasts
• bungs
• scuffs
• pommels
• lashes
• skulls
• bowls (down or over)
• clubs
• prods
• jostles
• canes
• whips
• lambastes
• saps
• levels
• creams
• conks
• floors
• fells
• knocks down
• switches
• cudgels
• flails
• thrashes
• sledges
• rabbit-punches
• sucker punches
• sledgehammers
• flogs