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Slug
Slug 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.
Slug
Slug Slug, v. i.
To move slowly; to lie idle. [Obs.]
To slug in sloth and sensual delight. --Spenser.
Slug
Slug Slug, v. t.
To make sluggish. [Obs.] --Milton.
SlugSlug 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
Slug 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.
Meaning of Slug from wikipedia
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Slug, or land
slug, is a
common name for any
apparently s****-less
terrestrial gastropod mollusc. The word
slug is also
often used as part of the common...
- up
slug or
slugs in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
slug is a
gastropod mollusk without a s**** or with a very
small internal s****.
Slug or
slugs may...
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Banana slugs (Ariolimax) are a
genus of
North American terrestrial slugs in the
family Ariolimacidae. They are
often bright yellow (giving rise to the...
- Sea
slug is a
common name for some
marine invertebrates with
varying levels of
resemblance to
terrestrial slugs. Most
creatures known as sea
slugs are...
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Metal Slug (****anese: メタルスラッグ, Hepburn:
Metaru Suraggu) is a ****anese
multimedia franchise and run and gun
video game
series originally created by Nazca...
- A
slugger most
often means a
baseball or
softball player with a high
slugging percentage.
Slugger or
Sluggers may also
refer to:
Silver Slugger Award...
- A
shotgun slug is a
heavy projectile (a
slug) made of lead, copper, or
other material and
fired from a shotgun.
Slugs are
designed for
hunting large game...
- glaucus,
dragon slug, blue dragon, blue sea
slug, and blue
ocean slug) is a
species of sea
slug in the
genus Glaucus.
These sea
slugs live in the pelagic...
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Metal Slug is a
series of run and gun
video games first released on Neo-Geo
arcade machines and game
consoles created by SNK. It was also
ported to other...
- The
slug is a
derived unit of m**** in a weight-based
system of measures, most
notably within the
British Imperial measurement system and the
United States...
