Definitions for slugs

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slugs slug

Spelling: [sluhg]

IPA: /slʌg/

Slugs is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 27 anagrams from letters in slugs (glssu).

Definitions for slugs

noun

1. any of various snaillike terrestrial gastropods having no shell or only a rudimentary one, feeding on plants and a pest of leafy garden crops.
2. a nudibranch.
3. a metal disk used as a coin or token, generally counterfeit.
4. a piece of lead or other metal for firing from a gun.
5. any heavy piece of crude metal.
6. Printing. a thick strip of type metal less than type-high. such a strip containing a type-high number or other character for temporary use. a line of type in one piece, as produced by a Linotype.
7. Informal. a shot of liquor taken neat; belt.
8. Slang. a person who is lazy or slow-moving; sluggard.
9. a slow-moving animal, vehicle, or the like.
10. Journalism. Also called catchline. a short phrase or title used to indicate the story content of newspaper or magazine copy. the line of type carrying this information.
11. Metalworking. a small piece of metal ready for processing.
12. a gold coin of California, privately issued in 1849 and for some time after, worth 50 dollars.
13. Physics. a unit of mass, equivalent to approximately 32.2 pounds (15 kg) and having the property that a force of one pound acting upon a mass of this unit produces an acceleration of one foot per second per second.
14. an irregular projection or knob on the surface of yarn, usually produced by lint or by defects in weaving.
15. a hard blow or hit, especially with a fist or baseball bat.

Idioms

1. slug it out, to fight, especially with fists, until a decisive victory has been achieved. to succeed or survive by constant and intense struggle.

verb (used with object)

1. Printing. to make (corrections) by replacing entire lines of type, especially as set by a Linotype. to check the lines of (typeset copy) against copy of the previous typesetting stage to ensure that no line has been omitted, especially before printing or plating.
2. Journalism. to furnish (copy) with a slug.
3. to interpolate pieces of metal into (a joint being welded).
4. to strike heavily; hit hard, especially with the fist.
5. to hit or drive (a baseball) very hard or a great distance.

verb (used without object)

1. to hit or be capable of hitting hard.
2. to trudge, fight, or push onward, as against obstacles or through mud or snow:

Origin of slugs

1375-1425; late Middle English slugge sluggard Scandinavian; compare Norwegian (dial.) sluggje heavy, slow person

Examples for slugs

One barrel was loaded with a heavy charge of buckshot, and the other with a slug.

But the slug instead of dropping the bear served only to enrage him.

Limaciform: having the form of a Limax or slug; said of larvae.

He'd have to hunt him up, the next day or so, and slug it out with him.

He grimaces and takes a slug of coffee to get him through the horror of the thought.

I don't believe that was an Armstrong slug, though: it acted too sort of lazy.

Now Lean over And slug Bruce for me, As I follow up With a hug for him Next time I see him.

One night, he pumped a slug from a .357 magnum into the chest of his bass player (who lived to sue).

When a slug is encouraged to slime its way down a narrow cul-de-sac, how does it beat a retreat?

It wasn't like he was like the slug who came from nowhere exactly.