Slug
31slug — slug1 [ slʌg ] noun count 1. ) a small creature with a soft body and no legs that moves very slowly. Slugs are similar to snails but they have no shell. 2. ) INFORMAL an amount of a strong alcoholic drink that you drink quickly: She took another… …
32slug — 1. a bullet In the olden days leaden bullets had much the same shape and colour as the gastropod: ... felt that a .38 slug could save a lot of time and the taxpayer s money. (Allbeury, 1976) To get a slug means to be killed or… …
33slug — I. noun Etymology: Middle English slugge, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect slugga to walk sluggishly Date: 15th century 1. sluggard 2. a lump, disk, or cylinder of material (as plastic or metal): as a. (1) a musket ball (2)… …
34slug — 1 noun (C) 1 a small slow moving creature with a soft body like a snail but without a shell 2 (C) AmE informal a bullet 3 informal a small amount of a strong alcoholic drink: a slug of brandy 4 (C) AmE informal a piece of metal shaped like a coin …
35Slug — Le slug ou geepound est une unité anglo saxonne de masse, définie comme étant la masse qui, soumise à une livre force, accélère à 1 ft/s². On a donc : 1 slug ≈ 14,5939029372064 kg. Portail de la physique Catégories …
36slug — I Australian Slang 1. lazy, indolent person; 2. bullet; 3. drink or swallow of something, especially spirits; 4. penis II Everyday English Slang in Ireland n mouthful of a drink gis a slug III Scottish Vernacular Dictionary noun: A drink from… …
37slug — v. (colloq.) (O) (can be used with one animate object) ( to punch ) I ll slug you one * * * [slʌg] (colloq.) (0) (can be used with one animate object) ( to punch ) I ll slug you one …
38slug — Линотипная строка (Slug) Выключенная металлическая строка со шрифтом и межсловными пробелами на общей ножке, отлитая на строкоотливной машине (линотипе). Реглет (Clump, Reglet, Slug) Разновидность пробельного материала. шпон… …
39slug- — Ⅰ s. slug Ⅰ germ.?, Verb; nhd. träge sein (Verb); Ⅱ s. slug Ⅱ germ.?, Substantiv; nhd. Schlauch; …
40slug — Used insultingly to a person, this appears to be a transferred use of the word for a creature related to the snail, but with no shell. In fact, the word was originally applied to a sluggard, a slow, lazy person and was transferred to the… …
