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slug

English

  1. 🔊 any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell
  2. 🔊 an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped
    “he took a slug of hard liquor”
  3. 🔊 a counterfeit coin
  4. 🔊 a unit of mass equal to the mass that accelerates at 1 foot/sec/sec when acted upon by a force of 1 pound
  5. 🔊 a projectile that is fired from a gun
  6. 🔊 a strip of type metal used for spacing
  7. 🔊 an idle slothful person
  8. 🔊 (boxing) a blow with the fist
    “I gave him a clout on his nose”
  9. 🔊 strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat
    “He slugged me so hard that I passed out”
  10. 🔊 be idle
    “The old man sat and stagnated on his porch”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 babosa slug
  2. 🔊 limaza slug

Similar words

punch clout poke lick biff bullet type slug sluggard slog swig idle laze stagnate chilopoda chordata echiuroidea ectoprocta entoprocta intertype linotype monoplacophora monotype nemertinea phoronidea