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slugs

 
Noun slug has 3 senses
  1. bullet, slug - a projectile that is fired from a gun
    --1 is a kind of projectile, missile
    --1 is a part of cartridge
    --1 has particulars:
     dumdum, dumdum bullet; full metal jacket; rifle ball; rubber bullet
  2. sluggard, slug - an idle slothful person
    --2 is a kind of idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bum
    Derived form: verb slug2
  3. slug - any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell
    --3 is a kind of
    gastropod, univalve
    --3 is a member of Limacidae, family Limacidae
Verb slug has 2 senses
  1. slug, slog, swig - strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat; "He slugged me so hard that I passed out"
    --1 is one way to hit
    Derived forms: noun slugger2, noun slugger1
    Sample sentence:
    The fighter managed to slug his opponent
  2. idle, laze, slug, stagnate - be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
    Derived forms: noun slug2, noun sluggard1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
sluggish sluggish - root word sluggish sluggishly sluggishness sluggunly sluggy slugish slugs slugush sluice sluice down sluice valve sluicegate sluiceway sluicing sluit

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