Antonyms for slug
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : sluhg |
| Phonetic Transcription : slÊŒg |
Definition of slug
Origin :- "shell-less land snail," 1704, originally "lazy person" (early 15c.); related to sluggard.
- verb hit
- But the slug instead of dropping the bear served only to enrage him.
- Extract from : « The Mountain Divide » by Frank H. Spearman
- One barrel was loaded with a heavy charge of buckshot, and the other with a slug.
- Extract from : « The Boy Settlers » by Noah Brooks
- Limaciform: having the form of a Limax or slug; said of larvae.
- Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
- He'd have to hunt him up, the next day or so, and slug it out with him.
- Extract from : « Masters of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith
- I don't believe that was an Armstrong slug, though: it acted too sort of lazy.
- Extract from : « Left on Labrador » by Charles Asbury Stephens
- He compromised for a minute: "Give me a slug of Teacher's on the rocks, then."
- Extract from : « Next Door, Next World » by Robert Donald Locke
- I'll tell you, Slug, we ought to do something to get square with those chaps.
- Extract from : « The Rover Boys at Colby Hall » by Arthur M. Winfield
- Each time it clung fast, like a snail or slug to the surface on which it crawls.
- Extract from : « Space Platform » by Murray Leinster
- A "slug for the drink" is a man who soaks and never succumbs.
- Extract from : « The House with the Green Shutters » by George Douglas Brown
- She instinctively knew it was a forty-five slug that tore through the window.
- Extract from : « The Lone Ranger Rides » by Fran Striker
Synonyms for slug
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