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- n a projectile that is fired from a gun
- n 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
- n a counterfeit coin
- n an idle slothful person
- n an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped
he took a slug of hard liquor - n a strip of type metal used for spacing
- n any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell
- n (boxing) a blow with the fist
- v strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat
He slugged me so hard that I passed out - v be idle; exist in a changeless situation
He slugged in bed all morning
- A banana slug is a slimy yellow mollusk that slides across the ground, leaving an oily residue wherever it goes.
- Instead, the Americans argued their case publicly with deductive reasoning: the copper slugs used in EFPs had to be precisely tooled with a heavy press in order to work properly .
- In North Carolina it is usually the "woolly slug," in Texas it is often "woolly worm," and in between it may be the puss caterpillar, possum bug, or Italian asp.