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Type Words
Synonyms type slug
Type of type metal
Type Words
Synonyms idle, laze, stagnate
Has types waste one's time, daydream, frig around, fuck off, lie about, lie around, loaf, loll, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, moon, moon around, moon on, ride the bench, warm the bench, arse about, arse around, bum, bum about, bum around
Derivation sluggard


He slugged in bed all morning.
Type Words
Synonyms biff, clout, lick, poke, punch
Type of blow
Has types parry, rabbit punch, counterpunch, counter, sucker punch, sunday punch, ko punch, hook, knockout punch, haymaker, jab
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Synonyms bullet
Type of projectile, missile
Has types dumdum, rifle ball, rubber bullet, full metal jacket, dumdum bullet
Type Words
Synonyms slog, swig
Type of hit
Derivation slugger


He slugged me so hard that I passed out.
Type Words
Synonyms sluggard
Type of loafer, bum, layabout, do-nothing, idler
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Type of coin
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Type of alcoholic drink, intoxicant, inebriant, alcohol, alcoholic beverage


he took a slug of hard liquor.
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Type of univalve, gastropod
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Type of mass unit

Examples of slug

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The margaritas get a lime squeezed fresh into the glass, not a slug of sour mix.
From the theatlantic.com
I'd suggest one slug of 101-proof Wild Turkey if that's what you're looking for.
From the washingtonpost.com
And as these titans slug it out, it will be consumers who emerge as the winners.
From the economist.com
If you are the shocking pink sea slug known as the rosy tritonia, you're in luck.
From the newscientist.com
This figures to be a slug-fest on the ground and played very close to the vest.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
The slug turns the vehicle's armor into shrapnel that blasts through the vehicle.
From the latimes.com
If you have a serious problem, you'll need to be more determined than the slug.
From the ocregister.com
And more will follow, as Bandidos and Angels slug out their global rivalry there.
From the economist.com
Together with the slug, these are the most commonly complained about garden pest.
From the independent.co.uk
More examples
  • Bullet: a projectile that is fired from a gun
  • Strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat; "He slugged me so hard that I passed out"
  • 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
  • Idle: be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
  • A counterfeit coin
  • Sluggard: an idle slothful person
  • Slug is a common name that is normally applied to any gastropod mollusc that lacks a shell, has a very reduced shell, or has a small internal shell. This is in contrast to the common name snail, which is applied to gastropods that have coiled shells that are big enough to retract into.
  • A slug is a counterfeit coin that is used to make illegal purchases from a coin-operated device, such as a vending machine, pay phone, parking meter, transit farebox, copy machine, coin laundry, gaming machine, or arcade game . ...
  • Slug (Ulysses X. Lugman) is a fictional character, a supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe.