- any of various snaillike terrestrial gastropods having no shell or only a rudimentary one, feeding on plants and a pest of leafy garden crops.
- a nudibranch.
- a metal disk used as a coin or token, generally counterfeit.
- a piece of lead or other metal for firing from a gun.
- any heavy piece of crude metal.
- Printing.
- a thick strip of type metal less than type-high.
- such a strip containing a type-high number or other character for temporary use.
- a line of type in one piece, as produced by a Linotype.
- a shot of liquor taken neat; belt.
- a person who is lazy or slow-moving; sluggard.
- a slow-moving animal, vehicle, or the like.
- Journalism.
- a short phrase or title used to indicate the story content of newspaper or magazine copy.
- the line of type carrying this information.
- a small piece of metal ready for processing.
- a gold coin of California, privately issued in 1849 and for some time after, worth 50 dollars.
- a unit of mass, equivalent to approximately 32.2 pounds (15 kilograms) and having the property that a force of one pound acting upon a mass of this unit produces an acceleration of one foot per second per second.
- an irregular projection or knob on the surface of yarn, usually produced by lint or by defects in weaving.
- Printing.
- to make (corrections) by replacing entire lines of type, especially as set by a Linotype.
- to check the lines of (typeset copy) against copy of the previous typesetting stage to ensure that no line has been omitted, especially before printing or plating.
- to furnish (copy) with a slug.
- to interpolate pieces of metal into (a joint being welded).
- to strike heavily; hit hard, especially with the fist.
- to hit or drive (a baseball) very hard or a great distance.
- to hit or be capable of hitting hard.
- to trudge, fight, or push onward, as against obstacles or through mud or snow: The infantry slugged up the hill and dug in.
- a hard blow or hit, especially with a fist or baseball bat.
- slug it out,
- to fight, especially with fists, until a decisive victory has been achieved.
- to succeed or survive by constant and intense struggle.
- any of various terrestrial gastropod molluscs of the genera Limax, Arion, etc, in which the body is elongated and the shell is absent or very much reduced
- any of various other invertebrates having a soft slimy body, esp the larvae of certain sawflies
- a slow-moving or lazy person or animal
- an fps unit of mass; the mass that will acquire an acceleration of 1 foot per second per second when acted upon by a force of 1 pound. 1 slug is approximately equal to 32.17 pounds
- a metal blank from which small forgings are worked
- a bullet or pellet larger than a pellet of buckshot
- a metal token for use in slot machines, etc
- printing
- a thick strip of type metal that is less than type-high and is used for spacing
- a similar strip carrying a type-high letter, used as a temporary mark by compositors
- a metal strip containing a line of characters as produced by a linecaster
- a draught of a drink, esp an alcoholic one
- a magnetic core that is screwed into or out of an inductance coil to adjust the tuning of a radio frequency amplifier
- to hit very hard and solidly, as in boxing
- to plod as if through snow
- to charge (someone) an exorbitant price
- to fight, compete, or struggle with fortitude
- an act of slugging; heavy blow
- an exorbitant charge or price