Slug

Quick meaning: Slug is a noun meaning Any of many gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. A bullet or other projectile fired from a firearm; in modern usage, generally refers to a shotgun slug.
2. A solid block or piece of roughly shaped metal.
3. A counterfeit coin, especially one used to steal from vending machines.
4. A shot of a drink, usually alcoholic.
5. (journalism) 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.
6. (physics, rare) 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.
7. (obsolete) A slow, lazy person; a sluggard.

Example Sentences

The average slug has a mass of around 0.00002 slugs.

This is perhaps best done by considering a unit cell consisting of one bubble and part of the liquid slugs on each side of it…

Tvpically, enough sand is emplaced to create a slug of sand that moves along the shore causing noticeable and somewhat dramatic local changes.

When these layers are recovered they inevitably result in a slug of sawdust which goes into the digester and tends to plug the screens in a Kamyr digester.

Word Forms

• slugs
• slugging
• slugged

Synonyms for slug

Depending on context, synonyms include geepound, slog, swig, bullet, sluggard.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include swig, bullet, slog, sluggard, maggot, dose.

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