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1.nounAny of many terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell.
2.nounA slow, lazy person; a sluggard.
3.nounA bullet or other projectile fired from a firearm; in modern usage, generally refers to a shotgun slug.
4.nounA solid block or piece of roughly shaped metal.
5.nounA counterfeit coin, especially one used to steal from vending machines.
6.nounA shot of a drink, usually alcoholic.
7.nounA title, name or header, a catchline, a short phrase or title to indicate the content of a newspaper or magazine story for editing use.
8.noun(rarely used) the Imperial (English) unit of mass that accelerates by 1 foot per second squared (1 ft/s²) when a force of one pound-force (lbf) is exerted on it.
9.nounA discrete mass of a material that moves as a unit, usually through another material.
10.nounA motile pseudoplasmodium formed by amoebae working together.
11.nounAn accessory to a diesel-electric locomotive, used to increase adhesive weight and allow full power to be applied at a lower speed. It has trucks with traction motors but lacks a prime mover.
12.noun(television editing) A black screen.
13.nounA piece of type metal imprinted by a linotype machine; also a black mark placed in the margin to indicate an error; also said in application to typewriters; type slug.
14.nounA stranger picked up as a passenger to enable legal use of high occupancy vehicle lanes.
15.noun(District of Columbia) A hitchhiking commuter.
16.nounThe last part of a clean URL, the displayed resource name, similar to a filename.
17.nounA hindrance, an obstruction.
18.nounA ship that sails slowly.
19.verbTo drink quickly; to gulp; to down.
20.verbTo take part in casual carpooling; to form ad hoc, informal carpools for commuting, essentially a variation of ride-share commuting and hitchhiking.
21.verb(of a bullet) To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel.
22.verbTo move slowly or sluggishly; to lie idle.
23.verbTo load with a slug or slugs."to slug a gun"
24.verbTo make sluggish.
25.nounA hard blow, usually with the fist.
26.verbTo hit very hard, usually with the fist."He insulted my mother, so I slugged him."