slug
noun/slʌɡ/
/slʌɡ/
- a small, soft creature, like a snail without a shell, that moves very slowly and often eats garden plantsTopics Insects, worms, etc.c2, Gardensc2
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- (informal) a small amount of a strong alcoholic drink
- He took another slug of whisky.
- (especially North American English, informal) a bullet
- (North American English, informal) a piece of metal like a coin in shape used to get things from machines, etc., sometimes illegally
Word Originnoun late Middle English (in the sense ‘sluggard’): probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian dialect slugg ‘large heavy body’. Sense 1 dates from the early 18th cent.
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