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SLUG

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Irregular inflected forms: slugged    , slugging   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(boxing) a blow with the fist

Example:

I gave him a clout on his nose

Synonyms:

biff; clout; lick; poke; punch; slug

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("slug" is a kind of...):

blow (a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon)

Domain category:

boxing; fisticuffs; pugilism (fighting with the fists)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slug"):

counter; counterpunch; parry (a return punch (especially by a boxer))

haymaker; knockout punch; KO punch; Sunday punch (a hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue boxing)

hook (a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent)

jab (a quick short straight punch)

rabbit punch (a short chopping blow to the back of the neck)

sucker punch (an unexpected punch)

Derivation:

slug (strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("slug" is a kind of...):

gastropod; univalve (a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes)

Holonyms ("slug" is a member of...):

family Limacidae; Limacidae (slugs)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A projectile that is fired from a gun

Synonyms:

bullet; slug

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("slug" is a kind of...):

missile; projectile (a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slug"):

rubber bullet (a bullet made of hard rubber; designed for use in crowd control)

rifle ball (a bullet designed to be fired from a rifle; no longer made spherical in shape)

full metal jacket (a lead bullet that is covered with a jacket of a harder metal (usually copper))

dumdum; dumdum bullet (a soft-nosed small-arms bullet that expands when it hits a target and causes a gaping wound)

Holonyms ("slug" is a part of...):

cartridge (ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A strip of type metal used for spacing

Synonyms:

slug; type slug

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("slug" is a kind of...):

type metal (an alloy of tin and lead and antimony used to make printing type)

Sense 5

Meaning:

An amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped

Example:

he took a slug of hard liquor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("slug" is a kind of...):

alcohol; alcoholic beverage; alcoholic drink; inebriant; intoxicant (a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent)

Sense 6

Meaning:

An idle slothful person

Synonyms:

slug; sluggard

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("slug" is a kind of...):

bum; do-nothing; idler; layabout; loafer (person who does no work)

Derivation:

slug (be idle; exist in a changeless situation)

Sense 7

Meaning:

A counterfeit coin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("slug" is a kind of...):

coin (a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money)

Sense 8

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("slug" is a kind of...):

mass unit (a unit of measurement for mass)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat

Example:

He slugged me so hard that I passed out

Synonyms:

slog; slug; swig

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "slug" is one way to...):

hit (deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The fighter managed to slug his opponent

Derivation:

slug ((boxing) a blow with the fist)

slugger ((baseball) a ballplayer who is batting)

slugger (a boxer noted for an ability to deliver hard punches)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be idle; exist in a changeless situation

Example:

He slugged in bed all morning

Synonyms:

idle; laze; slug; stagnate

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "slug"):

moon; moon around; moon on (be idle in a listless or dreamy way)

ride the bench; warm the bench (be out of the game)

daydream; moon (have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake)

arse about; arse around; bum; bum about; bum around; frig around; fuck off; loaf; loll; loll around; lounge about; lounge around; waste one's time (be lazy or idle)

lie about; lie around (hang around idly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

slug; sluggard (an idle slothful person)

Credits

 Context examples: 

When threatened, the dusky Arion slug secretes an unusual glue, making itself a difficult target for predators.

(New studies may bring slug-made glues closer to use in medicine, Wikinews)

They found that slight changes in these chemical bonds could alter the strength of the slug glue.

(New studies may bring slug-made glues closer to use in medicine, Wikinews)

Scientists have disclosed new steps toward using natural adhesives made by the dusky Arion slug (Arion subfuscus) in medical applications such as in closing skin wounds and reducing scarring.

(New studies may bring slug-made glues closer to use in medicine, Wikinews)

Scientists evaluated glue from the dusky Arion slug by focusing on the chemical bonds within the glue and the way they affect the glue's deformability.

(New studies may bring slug-made glues closer to use in medicine, Wikinews)