Definition of "slug"
- noun
Any of many terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks, having no (or only rudimentary) shell.
A lazy person, a sluggard.
A bullet (projectile).
A counterfeit coin, especially one used to steal from vending machines.
A shot of a drink, usually alcoholic.
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.
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.
A discrete mass of a material that moves as a unit, usually through another material.
A black screen.
A piece of type metal imprinted by a Linotype machine; also a black mark placed in the margin to indicate an error.
A stranger picked up as a passenger to enable legal use of high occupancy vehicle lanes.
The last part of a clean URL, the displayed resource name, similar to a filename.
- verb
To drink quickly; to gulp.
To down a shot.
To hit very hard, usually with the fist.
To take part in casual carpooling; to form ad hoc, informal carpools for commuting, essentially a variation of ride-share commuting and hitchhiking.
To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel.
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