Definitions for: Slug


[n] any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell
[n] a projectile that is fired from a gun
[n] an idle slothful person
[v] strike heavily, esp. with the fist or a bat; "He slugged me so hard that I passed out"
[v] be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"



Webster (1913) Definition: Slug, n. [OE. slugge slothful, sluggen to be slothful;
cf. LG. slukk low-spirited, sad, E. slack, slouch, D. slak,
slek, a snail.]
1. A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard. --Shak.

2. A hindrance; an obstruction. [Obs.] --Bacon.

3. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial
pulmonate mollusks belonging to Limax and several related
genera, in which the shell is either small and concealed
in the mantle, or altogether wanting. They are closely
allied to the land snails.

4. (Zo["o]l.) Any smooth, soft larva of a sawfly or moth
which creeps like a mollusk; as, the pear slug; rose slug.

5. A ship that sails slowly. [Obs.] --Halliwell.

His rendezvous for his fleet, and for all slugs to
come to, should be between Calais and Dover.
--Pepys.

6. [Perhaps a different word.] An irregularly shaped piece of
metal, used as a missile for a gun.



7. (Print.) A thick strip of metal less than type high, and
as long as the width of a column or a page, -- used in
spacing out pages and to separate display lines, etc.

Sea slug. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any nudibranch mollusk.
(b) A holothurian.

Slug caterpillar. Same as Slugworm.


Slug, v. i.
To move slowly; to lie idle. [Obs.]

To slug in sloth and sensual delight. --Spenser.


Slug, v. t.
To make sluggish. [Obs.] --Milton.


Slug, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slugged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Slugging.]
1. To load with a slug or slugs; as, to slug a gun.

2. To strike heavily. [Cant or Slang]


Slug, v. i.
To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by
passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the
barrel; -- said of a bullet when fired from a gun, pistol, or
other firearm.

Synonyms: bullet, idle, laze, slog, sluggard, stagnate, swig

Antonyms: work

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