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Meanings of slug in English

Catalan
mandrejar
Spanish
holgazanear

Be idle; exist in a changeless situation.

      mandrejar
      Portuguese
      murro
      Catalan
      mastegot
      Spanish
      tortazo

      (Boxing) a blow with the fist.

            murro
            Portuguese
            projétil balístico
            Catalan
            bala
            Spanish
            bala

            A projectile that is fired from a gun.

                  projétil balístico
                  Portuguese
                  armaceiro
                  Catalan
                  mandrós

                  An idle slothful person.

                        armaceiro
                        Usage of slug in English
                        1
                        Have they ensured poisonous slug pellets are not used in the area?
                        The Irish Times
                        2
                        These results suggest an association between ERK-regulated cell migration and slug expression.
                        Pubmed
                        3
                        Fabrizzio handed him a wine bottle and Michael took a long slug.
                        The Godfather
                        4
                        I shudder, thinking about the size of the slug it would've produced.
                        Wired
                        5
                        Perhaps it couldn't penetrate fast enough to slug you all at once.
                        And the deep blue sea
                        6
                        A slug smashed through Jasper's right wrist, and his revolver tumbled away.
                        Funland
                        7
                        That's barely enough time to slug an EnormoCola and scoff a GigantaBucket.
                        The Irish Times
                        8
                        Lifting the jug of wine at his side, he took a slug.
                        Tomato rhapsody: a fable of love, lust and forbidden fruit
                        9
                        Of the two vanities, therefore, that of the slug seems most substantial.
                        Essays on Life, Art and Science
                        10
                        I took a large slug of the coffee and stood back up.
                        Dexter by Design
                        11
                        Let's start again. The woman took a long slug from the bottle.
                        Flash and Bones
                        12
                        One end of the thread Hooke tied to a heavy brass slug.
                        Quicksilver
                        13
                        Trouble's crown lurched forward as a slug flattened itself against his helmet.
                        Artemis Fowl: the Arctic incident
                        14
                        Hiss, sizzle of beam weapons, the boom and bark of slug guns.
                        Woken furies
                        15
                        Andrew looked at his friend and took a slug from his pint.
                        Water, stone, heart
                        16
                        Sturm's two-handed blade bit, causing the slug to rear back in pain.
                        Dragons of autumn twilight
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                        Translations for slug
                        Slug through the time
                        Slug across language varieties
                        United States of America
                        Common
                        Ireland
                        Common
                        United Kingdom
                        Less common