Definition of slug

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Slug (v. i.) To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel; -- said of a bullet when fired from a gun, pistol, or other firearm..

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Trepang :: Trepang (n.) Any one of several species of large holothurians, some of which are dried and extensively used as food in China; -- called also beche de mer, sea cucumber, and sea slug..
Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book..
Leaden :: Leaden (a.) Heavy; dull; sluggish.
Laggard :: Laggard (a.) Slow; sluggish; backward.
Forslugge :: Forslugge (v. t.) To lsoe by idleness or slotch.
Sluggish :: Sluggish (a.) Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
Slug :: Slug (n.) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial pulmonate mollusks belonging to Limax and several related genera, in which the shell is either small and concealed in the mantle, or altogether wanting. They are closely allied to the land snails..
Slug :: Slug (n.) Any smooth, soft larva of a sawfly or moth which creeps like a mollusk; as, the pear slug; rose slug..
Sea Slug :: Sea slug () A nudibranch mollusk.
Restiness :: Restiness (n.) The quality or state of being resty; sluggishness.
Slug :: Slug (n.) A hindrance; an obstruction.
Inert :: Inert (a.) Indisposed to move or act; very slow to act; sluggish; dull; inactive; indolent; lifeless.
Limaceous :: Limaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or like, Limax, or the slugs..
Lentor :: Lentor (a.) Slowness; delay; sluggishness.
Dilatory :: Dilatory (a.) Marked by procrastination or delay; tardy; slow; sluggish; -- said of actions or measures.
Slug :: Slug (n.) A ship that sails slowly.
Slug :: Slug (n.) A thick strip of metal less than type high, and as long as the width of a column or a page, -- used in spacing out pages and to separate display lines, etc..
Faineant :: Faineant (n.) A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard.
Limax :: Limax (n.) A genus of airbreathing mollusks, including the common garden slugs. They have a small rudimentary shell. The breathing pore is on the right side of the neck. Several species are troublesome in gardens. See Slug..
Inertia :: Inertia (n.) Want of activity; sluggishness; -- said especially of the uterus, when, in labor, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased..
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