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slug
1 of 4noun (1)
ˈsləg 
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
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
slug
2 of 4verb (1)
slugged; slugging
transitive verb
1
: to add a printer's slug to
2
: to drink in gulps —often used with down
slug
3 of 4noun (2)
: a heavy blow especially with the fist
slug
4 of 4verb (2)
slugged; slugging
transitive verb
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
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- couch potato
- deadbeat
- do-nothing
- drone
- idler
- layabout
- lazybones
- loafer
- lotus-eater
- slouch
- slugabed
- sluggard
Noun (2)
- bang
- bash
- bat
- beat
- belt
- biff
- blow
- bop
- box
- buffet
- bust
- chop
- clap
- clip
- clout
- crack
- cuff
- dab
- douse [British]
- fillip
- hack
- haymaker
- hit
- hook
- knock
- larrup [dialect]
- lash
- lick
- pelt
- pick
- plump
- poke
- pound
- punch
- rap
- slam
- slap
- smack
- smash
- sock
- spank
- stinger
- stripe
- stroke
- swat
- swipe
- switch
- thud
- thump
- thwack
- wallop
- welt
- whack
- wham
- whop
- whap
Verb (2)
- bang
- bash
- bat
- belt
- biff
- bludgeon
- bob
- bonk
- bop
- box
- bust
- clap
- clip
- clobber
- clock
- clout
- crack
- hammer
- hit
- knock
- nail
- paste
- pound
- punch
- rap
- slam
- slap
- slog
- smack
- smite
- sock
- strike
- swat
- swipe
- tag
- thump
- thwack
- wallop
- whack
- whale
- zap
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Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English slugge, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect slugga to walk sluggishly
Noun (2)
perhaps from slug to load with slugs
First Known Use
Noun (1)
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (1)
1912, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
1830, in the meaning defined above
Verb (2)
circa 1861, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing slug
Kids Definition
slug 1 of 4
noun
ˈsləg
: 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
2 of 4noun
1
: bullet
2
: a metal disk often used in place of a coin
slug
3 of 4noun
: a hard blow especially with the fist
slug
4 of 4verb
slugged; slugging
: to hit hard with the fist or with a bat
slug 1 of 3
noun (1)
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 Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- punch
- pound
- hit
- blow
- slap
- thump
- knock
- whack
- swipe
- lick
- thud
- smack
- poke
- stroke
- beat
- bang
- slam
- spank
- clip
- sock
- hook
- pelt
- plump
- kick
- switch
- swat
- bat
- chop
- box
- smash
- stinger
- hack
- bop
- crack
- haymaker
- clap
- belt
- bash
- wallop
- biff
- licking
- stripe
- lash
- rap
- buffet
- bust
- dab
- thwack
- pick
- cuff
- pounding
- wham
- welt
- clout
- fillip
- beating
- knee
- swing
- whop
- larrup
- douse
- counter
- whap
- left
- hand
- knockout
- sidewinder
- counterpunch
- hammering
- counterblow
- clobbering
- thrashing
- bludgeoning
- battering
- rabbit punch
- body blow
- pummeling
- right
- whip
- roundhouse
- counterstroke
- whipping
- knockdown
- cruncher
- sucker punch
- shiver
- walloping
- cudgeling
- uppercut
- flogging
- pummelling
- cudgelling
- one-two
- pasting
- drubbing
- kayo
- bastinade
- bastinado
- lambasting
- right-hander
- KO
slug
2 of 3noun (2)
1
as in snail
a lazy person he's always a slug in the morning, which is why he prefers to sleep late Synonyms & Similar Words
- snail
- deadbeat
- bum
- drone
- loafer
- slouch
- idler
- slugabed
- sluggard
- lazybones
- couch potato
- layabout
- delayer
- crawler
- lotus-eater
- creeper
- lingerer
- straggler
- slowpoke
- shirker
- laggard
- putterer
- loller
- dawdler
- saunterer
- goldbrick
- do-nothing
- dallier
- good-for-nothing
- loiterer
- procrastinator
- stick-in-the-mud
- ne'er-do-well
- slacker
- clock-watcher
- malingerer
- lounger
- dropout
- quitter
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- doer
- hummer
- hustler
- comer
- achiever
- powerhouse
- highflyer
- highflier
- go-getter
- live wire
- go-ahead
- self-starter
2
as in sip
the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time knocked back another slug of whiskey Synonyms & Similar Words
- sip
- gulp
- drink
- swallow
- sup
- snort
- shot
- belt
- swig
- drag
- drop
- nip
- swill
- quaff
- draft
- dram
slug
3 of 3verb
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 Synonyms & Similar Words
- punch
- hit
- smack
- slap
- knock
- pound
- bang
- slam
- whack
- clip
- bat
- strike
- clap
- swipe
- crack
- box
- tag
- kick
- hammer
- sock
- bludgeon
- zap
- thump
- nail
- bash
- lick
- bob
- whale
- swat
- tap
- bop
- shove
- wallop
- paste
- poke
- jab
- biff
- rap
- push
- bonk
- stab
- thwack
- clock
- belt
- flick
- bump
- bust
- clout
- chop
- clobber
- slog
- smite
- butt
- stroke
- pelt
- pepper
- batter
- beat
- dump
- bung
- maul
- slash
- stamp
- pummel
- rough
- buffet
- bean
- mangle
- cuff
- lace
- hang one on
- deck
- knee
- skull
- spear
- prod
- lash
- drub
- cream
- conk
- whip
- brain
- scuff
- sledgehammer
- floor
- pommel
- sap
- cane
- level
- bunt
- jostle
- switch
- club
- sledge
- fell
- knock down
- cudgel
- thrash
- flail
- sucker punch
- lambaste
- rabbit-punch
- flog
- lambast
- bowl (down or over)