1slug1 (slʌɡ
)
Definitions
noun
- any of various terrestrial gastropod molluscs of the genera any of various terrestrial gastropod molluscs of the genera Limax, Arion, etc, in which the body is elongated and the shell is absent or very much reduced Compare sea slug limacine
- any of various other invertebrates having a soft slimy body, esp the larvae of certain sawflies
- informal mainly US Canadian a slow-moving or lazy person or animal
Word Origin
C15 (in the sense: a slow person or animal): probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian (dialect) sluggje2slug2 (slʌɡ)
Definitions
noun
- an fps unit of mass; the mass that will acquire an acceleration of 1 foot per second per second when acted upon by a force of 1 pound. 1 slug is approximately equal to 32.17 pounds
- metallurgy a metal blank from which small forgings are worked
- a bullet or pellet larger than a pellet of buckshot
- mainly US Canadian a metal token for use in slot machines, etc
- printing
- a thick strip of type metal that is less than type-high and is used for spacing
- a similar strip carrying a type-high letter, used as a temporary mark by compositors
- a metal strip containing a line of characters as produced by a linecaster
- a draught of a drink, esp an alcoholic one
- a magnetic core that is screwed into or out of an inductance coil to adjust the tuning of a radio frequency amplifier
Word Origin
C17 (bullet), C19 (printing): perhaps from slugC17 (bullet), C19 (printing): perhaps from 1, with allusion to the shape of the animal, with allusion to the shape of the animal3slug3 (slʌɡ)
Definitions
verb
Word forms: slugs, slugging, slugged
- to hit very hard and solidly, as in boxing
- (intr) US Canadian to plod as if through snow
- (tr) Australian New Zealand informal to charge (someone) an exorbitant price
- See slug it out
noun
- an act of slugging; heavy blow
- Australian New Zealand informal an exorbitant charge or price
Word Origin
C19: perhaps from slug² (bullet)Translations
- British English:
slug
A slug is a small slow-moving creature, with a long slippery body, like a snail without a shell.slʌɡ NOUN
- Spanish:
babosa
nf
- French:
limace
nf
- German:
Nacktschnecke
nf
- Chinese: 鼻涕虫 n
- Arabic: بَزَّاقَة n
- Portuguese: lesma nf
- Russian: слизняк nm
- Croatian: puž slinavac nm
- Czech: slimák nm
- Danish: snegl nutr
- Dutch: naaktslak n
- Finnish: kuoreton etana n
- Greek: γυμνοσάλιαγκας nm
- Italian: lumacone nm
- Japanese: ナメクジ n
- Korean: 민달팽이 n
- Norwegian: snegle nm
- Polish: kulka nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: lesma nf
- European Spanish:
babosa
nf
- Swedish: snigel nutr
- Thai: ตัวทากกินใบไม้ n
- Turkish: kabuksuz sümüklüböcek n
- Vietnamese: con sên không vỏ n
Usage examples
I poured myself a slug from it rather than wrestle with David on the sofa for the Red Label.
, BLOOD IS DIRT (2002)Rotation defines `the top" as being inside the slug , and the scattered bubbles will congregate along the axis of rotation.
New Scientist (1998)Lucky for him, the slug bounced off his victim's bicycle helmet.
Toronto Sun (2003)CHELSEA are ready to slug it out with Leeds for Frank Lampard.
Sun, News of the World (2001)He spoke twenty-four languages fluently, read Chinese verse in the evenings and was the world's leading authority on the sea slug.
, LOST LION OF EMPIRE:The Life of 'Cape-to-Cairo' Grogan (2002)