"slugs" in the noun sense

1. bullet, slug

a projectile that is fired from a gun

2. 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

3. slug

a counterfeit coin

4. sluggard, slug

an idle slothful person

5. slug

an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped

"he took a slug of hard liquor"

6. type slug, slug

a strip of type metal used for spacing

7. slug

any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell

8. punch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slug

boxing) a blow with the fist

"I gave him a clout on his nose"

"slugs" in the verb sense

1. slug, slog, swig

strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat

"He slugged me so hard that I passed out"

2. 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"

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