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[ sluhg-er ] / ˈslʌg ər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR slugger ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person who strikes hard, especially a boxer noted for the ability to deliver hard punches. Baseball. a player who frequently gets extra-base hits; a strong hitter. Origin of sluggerAn Americanism dating back to 1875–80; slug2 + -er1 Words nearby sluggerslug, slugabed, slugfest, sluggard, sluggardly, slugger, slugging average, sluggish, sluice, sluicegate, sluiceway Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sluggerShe takes a golf club, the country club equivalent of a Louisville slugger, and attacks his car. Taylor Swift’s ‘Blank Space’: Hell Hath No Fury Like A Tay-Tay Scorned|Sujay Kumar|November 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST Context: The Yankees slugger was speaking of his ex-wife, Marilyn Monroe. Tupac’s ‘F*ck You’ to a Cop and the Best Last Words|Marlow Stern|May 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST Red Sox slugger David Ortiz clobbered the ball this October. The Red Sox Win the World Series: Big Papi By the Numbers|The Daily Beast|October 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST “It was named for Reggie Jackson”—the famed 1970s-era Yankee slugger. Christopher Kennedy Lawford, Patrick Kennedy Talk Addiction, New Book|Lloyd Grove|January 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Slugger and Nappy were sent to a detention camp in the South; and that for the time being was the last the Rovers heard of them. The Rover Boys Under Canvas|Arthur M. Winfield "Ten double jiggers to one you can't do it," said Slugger Jones, lazily. The Eternal Boy|Owen Johnson In the meantime Nappy and Slugger came forward again with Werner close behind them. The Rover Boys in the Land of Luck|Edward Stratemeyer The threat'll do it; but the stakes are heavy —and the man's a slugger; we must be able to push it home. The Skin Game (Fourth Series Plays)|John Galsworthy Milt winced when he compared it to that of the twenty-two-year-old slugger they would have to meet in a few hours. Vital Ingredient|Gerald Vance
British Dictionary definitions for slugger
noun(esp in boxing, baseball, etc) a person who strikes hard Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to sluggerwarrior, champion, mercenary, assailant, militant, soldier, boxer, combatant, opponent, tanker, warlord, heavy, competitor, bully, rival, belligerent, contender, pugilist, aggressor, antagonist |