slug : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: slug	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for slug
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slug n a projectile that is fired from a gun [syn: bullet, 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 a counterfeit coin an idle slothful person Synonym(s): sluggard, slug an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped; "he took a slug of hard liquor" a strip of type metal used for spacing Synonym(s): type slug, slug any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell (boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose" Synonym(s): punch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slug v strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat; "He slugged me so hard that I passed out" Synonym(s): slug, slog, swig be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning" Synonym(s): idle, laze, slug, stagnate Antonym(s): work
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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[94]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[94]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slug \Slug\, v. i. To move slowly; to lie idle. [Obs.] To slug in sloth and sensual delight. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slug \Slug\, v. t. To make sluggish. [Obs.] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slug \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]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.