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▪ I. slugging, vbl. n.1|ˈslʌgɪŋ|
[f. slug v.1]
The fact or practice of playing the sluggard.
1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 686/1 If rebellion be no pride,..nor slugging a bed no slouth. 1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 15 b, By vacaunt tyme of leasure he mened not slouggyng, loitering or slouthful idlenes. 1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 343 Nowe, after their long sleepe and slugging, they are awaked. 1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Pet. iii. 3 The sluggard quits himself from pragmatical meddling, the busy-body from lazy slugging.
▪ II. slugging, vbl. n.2 north. and U.S.|ˈslʌgɪŋ|
[f. slug v.3]
Slogging; hard hitting; a beating. Also attrib. and fig.
1862C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds 413 Gi'e him a good slugging lad! 1884Science IV. 473 Even pugilism would have no charm if it were mere slugging. 1890Gunter Miss Nobody i. (1891) 13 The slugging and scrimmaging..had been something awful. 1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §675/3 Game with many hits..slugging match. 1956A. H. Compton Atomic Quest 315 The war would become a heavy slugging match. 1959Economist 30 May 819/1 The abortive Shawwaf revolt in Mosul set off a slugging match between Cairo and Baghdad. 1974Sumter (S. Carolina) Daily Item 23 Apr. 7A/5 His slugging percentage? A whopping .860. 1978J. Carroll Mortal Friends iii. vi. 339 A month's worth of slugging along a coastline through a series of towns.
▸ slugging average n. Baseball = slugging percentage n. at Additions.
1904Washington Post 1 June 8/4 Thomas connected for two three-baggers and a single.., and has materially increased his *slugging average. 2005Halifax (Nova Scotia) Daily News (Nexis) 26 June 48 His slugging averages during those 11 years ranged between.595 and his '01 record of.863.
▸ slugging percentage n. Baseball a weighted average used to measure a batter's performance, calculated by dividing the number of bases gained on hits by the player's total number of at-bats.
This average does not include bases gained by a hitter on walks; it is thus frequently considered in tandem with on-base percentage (on-base percentage at on-base adj. 1).
1908N.Y. Times 4 Feb. 8/4 It is believed that Cobb will count his *slugging percentage under.300 next season. 1959Operations Res. 7 198 The ‘slugging percentage’, in which safe hits are weighted according to the number of bases gained. 2006Leader-Post (Regina, Sask.) (Nexis) 28 July c1 Cheney is among the league leaders in batting average (.395), slugging percentage (.731), on-base percentage (.529) and runs batted in (37).
▪ III. slugging, ppl. a.|ˈslʌgɪŋ|
[f. slug v.1]
Slothful, sluggish.
c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode ii. lv. (1869) 97 Yit j seye thee that slough thou shalt fynde him and slugginge. 1597Drayton Heroical Ep. 27 b, Nor durst his slugging Hulks approch the strand. 1611Cotgr. s.v. Dormir, The slugging or sleepie Cat at length awakes.
Hence ˈsluggingly adv.
1653Urquhart Rabelais i. v. 27 After the procession, they went sluggingly into the fratry room. |