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slug

/slʌɡ/

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Any of many terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell.

Examples :

"The garden slug left a slimy trail across the school's flowerbed. "

animal biology organism

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A slow, lazy person; a sluggard.

Examples :

"My brother is a real slug when it comes to getting his homework done. "

person character

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A bullet or other projectile fired from a firearm; in modern usage, generally refers to a shotgun slug.

Examples :

"The hunter loaded a single slug into his shotgun before approaching the thick brush. "

weapon military

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A solid block or piece of roughly shaped metal.

Examples :

"The mechanic pulled out a slug of lead to use as a counterweight on the tire. "

material technical

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A counterfeit coin, especially one used to steal from vending machines.

Examples :

"The student used a slug to get free candy from the school vending machine. "

machine business economy item

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A shot of a drink, usually alcoholic.

Examples :

"He took a quick slug of whiskey to calm his nerves before the presentation. "

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A title, name or header, a catchline, a short phrase or title to indicate the content of a newspaper or magazine story for editing use.

Examples :

"The newspaper editor wrote a short slug, "School Board Meeting," above the article. "

media title communication writing word language

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(rarely used) the Imperial (English) unit of mass that accelerates by 1 foot per second squared (1 ft/s²) when a force of one pound-force (lbf) is exerted on it.

Examples :

"The slug, a unit of mass, is rarely used in everyday calculations. "

mass physics unit science technical

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A discrete mass of a material that moves as a unit, usually through another material.

Examples :

"The paint slug moved slowly across the wall, a thick, uneven mass of wet paint. "

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A motile pseudoplasmodium formed by amoebae working together.

Examples :

"After the single-celled amoebae exhausted their food supply, they joined together to form a single, moving slug to find a new source. "

organism biology animal microorganism

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An accessory to a diesel-electric locomotive, used to increase adhesive weight and allow full power to be applied at a lower speed. It has trucks with traction motors but lacks a prime mover.

Examples :

"The diesel-electric locomotive needed a slug to safely pull the heavy freight train up the steep incline. "

vehicle technical machine energy industry

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(television editing) A black screen.

Examples :

"The video editor added a slug to the beginning of the promotional film for the school play. "

media technology

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A piece of type metal imprinted by a linotype machine; also a black mark placed in the margin to indicate an error; also said in application to typewriters; type slug.

Examples :

"The editor placed a slug in the margin of the manuscript to mark where a typo was found. "

type media writing technology machine communication technical

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A stranger picked up as a passenger to enable legal use of high occupancy vehicle lanes.

Examples :

"To get to the game on time, Sarah used a slug to get into the HOV lane. "

vehicle traffic law society government

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(District of Columbia) A hitchhiking commuter.

Examples :

"My friend, a student at the university, is a slug; he often hitchhikes to campus. "

traffic vehicle person

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The last part of a clean URL, the displayed resource name, similar to a filename.

Examples :

"The blog post about making cookies has a URL that ends with "/recipes/chocolate-chip-cookies," and "chocolate-chip-cookies" is the slug. "

internet computing

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A hindrance, an obstruction.

Examples :

"The heavy snowstorm was a slug on our travel plans, delaying our arrival by several hours. "

negative situation

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A ship that sails slowly.

Examples :

"The old freighter, a real slug, took five days to cross the ocean. "

nautical vehicle

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To drink quickly; to gulp; to down.

Examples :

"The student slugged down his juice before the bell rang. "

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To take part in casual carpooling; to form ad hoc, informal carpools for commuting, essentially a variation of ride-share commuting and hitchhiking.

Examples :

"Since the bus fare increased, many people slug to work in the mornings to save money. "

vehicle traffic society environment communication action

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(of a bullet) To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel.

Examples :

"The bullet slug as it travelled down the barrel. "

technical weapon military

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To move slowly or sluggishly; to lie idle.

Examples :

"The student slugged through the long history assignment, barely making progress. "

action physiology nature

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To load with a slug or slugs.

Examples :

"to slug a gun"

weapon military action

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To make sluggish.

Examples :

"The humid weather really slugged me, and I had trouble concentrating at work. "

physiology body

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A hard blow, usually with the fist.

Examples :

"He landed a slug on the table during the argument, knocking over a stack of papers. "

action body sport

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To hit very hard, usually with the fist.

Examples :

"He insulted my mother, so I slugged him."

action sport body