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Synonyms for slug
slʌgslug
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Princeton's WordNet
bullet, slugnoun
a projectile that is fired from a gun
Synonyms:
biff, bullet, smoke, fastball, hummer, punch, type slug, heater, poke, lick, bullet train, sluggard, cloutslugnoun
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
Synonyms:
poke, sluggard, bullet, biff, lick, type slug, punch, cloutslugnoun
a counterfeit coin
Synonyms:
poke, sluggard, bullet, biff, lick, type slug, punch, cloutsluggard, slugnoun
an idle slothful person
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poke, sluggard, bullet, biff, lick, type slug, punch, cloutslugnoun
an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped
"he took a slug of hard liquor"
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poke, sluggard, bullet, biff, lick, type slug, punch, clouttype slug, slugnoun
a strip of type metal used for spacing
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poke, sluggard, bullet, biff, lick, type slug, punch, cloutslugnoun
any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell
Synonyms:
poke, sluggard, bullet, biff, lick, type slug, punch, cloutpunch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slugverb
(boxing) a blow with the fist
"I gave him a clout on his nose"
Synonyms:
jabbing, punch, type slug, pigeon berry, clout, jab, garget, carrier bag, sack, thrust, bullet, salt lick, dawdler, lick, poke, pull, paper bag, lagger, biff, clout nail, thrusting, sluggard, puncher, drone, trailer, lap, laggard, scoke, pokingslug, slog, swigverb
strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat
"He slugged me so hard that I passed out"
Synonyms:
footslog, trudge, stagnate, plug away, keep one's shoulder to the wheel, peg away, slog, idle, quaff, laze, gulp, swig, tramp, pad, plod, keep one's nose to the grindstoneidle, laze, slug, stagnateverb
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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Nicknames
List of known nicknames for "Slug":
The Slug, Sean Daley, Sean Michael Daley, Sep Seven, Se7en, Seven
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#1887 | ball | |
#3810 | pull | |
#3903 | trailer | |
#4236 | smoke | |
#5030 | pad | |
#7679 | bullet | |
#8114 | punch | |
#8608 | lap | |
#9013 | idle | |
#9597 | heater | |
#12572 | thrust | |
#12751 | lick | |
#13322 | hummer | |
#15199 | sack | |
#19589 | slug | |
#20854 | poke | |
#25040 | tramp | |
#31630 | jab | |
#31696 | drone | |
#31869 | poking | |
#34187 | clout | |
#44867 | biff | |
#46432 | swig | |
#47316 | thrusting | |
#49668 | gulp | |
#53653 | maggot | |
#59427 | fastball | |
#61308 | ingot | |
#62791 | slog | |
#93619 | warty | |
#99967 | plod | |
#100771 | stagnate | |
#104568 | laze | |
#108360 | puncher | |
#108612 | trudge | |
#148156 | jabbing | |
#155334 | laggard | |
#207306 | quaff | |
#276449 | sluggard | |
#328722 | lagger |
How to use slug in a sentence?
I think they're going to slug it out for a while, once it gets down to a head-to-head contest, I think the conservative wins.
They usually go into a hibernation in winter but due to this very warm winter they have not. So what else do slugs do? They breed and they eat, so there is a high likelihood that we are going to see a slug explosion given that many of their predators are in decline.
The dreamy slug gets wings, the pessimistic caterpillar will never fly.”
If the butterfly gives its wings to the slug, both of them will not fly.
Before you know it, they've sent a large slug of semi-solid material down, and it just stops.
Translations for slug
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- سبيكةArabic
- слізняк, смоўж, слімакBelarusian
- гол охлювBulgarian
- llimacCatalan, Valencian
- panák, slimákCzech
- NacktschneckeGerman
- γυμνοσάλιαγκας, σφηνάκι, λείμαξGreek
- limakoEsperanto
- limaco, babosaSpanish
- رابPersian
- etana, huikka, prikkaFinnish
- pruneau, limaceFrench
- seilideIrish
- seilcheagScottish Gaelic
- lesma, lesmeGalician
- meztelen csigaHungarian
- limaceInterlingua
- siputIndonesian
- chiocciola, lumaca, limacciaItalian
- שַׁבְּלוּלHebrew
- ナメクジ, 蛞蝓Japanese
- ಸ್ಲಗ್Kannada
- 민달팽이Korean
- limaxLatin
- šliužasLithuanian
- putoko, ngataMāori
- голичMacedonian
- slak, naaktslak, wijngaardslakDutch
- ślimakPolish
- lesmaPortuguese
- melcRomanian
- стопка, слизень, пуля, маслина, слизнякRussian
- пуж слинар, puž slinar, пуж голаћ, puž golaćSerbo-Croatian
- slimákSlovak
- polž slinarSlovene
- ligavecAlbanian
- snigelSwedish
- слизень, слизняк, слимакUkrainian
- con sên lãi, sên lãiVietnamese
- slChinese
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