slug
noun
1. a projectile that is fired from a gun
Similar word(s): bullet
Definition categories: man–made, missile, projectile
2. a unit of mass equal to the mass that accelerates at 1 foot/sec/sec when acted upon by a force of 1 pound; approximately 14.5939 kilograms
Definition categories: quantity
3. a counterfeit coin
Definition categories: possession, coin
4. an idle slothful person
Similar word(s): sluggard
Definition categories: person, bum, idler, layabout, loafer
5. an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped
- he took a slug of hard liquor
Definition categories: food, alcohol, inebriant, intoxicant
6. a strip of type metal used for spacing
Definition categories: man–made
7. any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell
Definition categories: animal, gastropod, univalve
8. (boxing) a blow with the fist
verb
1. strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat
- He slugged me so hard that I passed out
Definition categories: contact, hit
2. be idle; exist in a changeless situation
- He slugged in bed all morning
Similar word(s): idle, laze, stagnate
Definition categories: social
Sentences with slug as a verb:
- He insulted my mother, so I slugged him.
- The fighter slugged his opponent into unconsciousness.
- to slug a gun