Overview of noun slug

The noun slug has 8 senses

• bullet, slug -- (a projectile that is fired from a gun)


• slug -- (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)


• slug -- (a counterfeit coin)


• sluggard, slug -- (an idle slothful person)


• slug -- (an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped; "he took a slug of hard liquor")


• type slug, slug -- (a strip of type metal used for spacing)


• slug -- (any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell)


• punch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slug -- ((boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose")

Overview of verb slug

The verb slug has 2 senses

• slug, slog, swig -- (strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat; "He slugged me so hard that I passed out")


• idle, laze, slug, stagnate -- (be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning")