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Meaning of slug

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  slug
      n 1: a projectile that is fired from a gun [syn: {bullet},
           {slug}]
      2: a unit of mass equal to the mass that accelerates at 1
         foot/sec/sec when acted upon by a force of 1 pound;
         approximately 14.5939 kilograms
      3: a counterfeit coin
      4: an idle slothful person [syn: {sluggard}, {slug}]
      5: an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is
         poured or gulped; "he took a slug of hard liquor"
      6: a strip of type metal used for spacing [syn: {type slug},
         {slug}]
      7: any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated
         slimy body and no external shell
      8: (boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his
         nose" [syn: {punch}, {clout}, {poke}, {lick}, {biff}, {slug}]
      v 1: strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat; "He
           slugged me so hard that I passed out" [syn: {slug}, {slog},
           {swig}]
      2: be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat
         and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
         [syn: {idle}, {laze}, {slug}, {stagnate}] [ant: {work}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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