slug
verb/slʌɡ/
/slʌɡ/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they slug | /slʌɡ/ /slʌɡ/ |
| he / she / it slugs | /slʌɡz/ /slʌɡz/ |
| past simple slugged | /slʌɡd/ /slʌɡd/ |
| past participle slugged | /slʌɡd/ /slʌɡd/ |
| -ing form slugging | /ˈslʌɡɪŋ/ /ˈslʌɡɪŋ/ |
- slug somebody (informal) to hit somebody hard, especially with your closed hand
- I slugged him in the face.
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- slug something (in baseball) to hit the ball hard
Word Originverb mid 19th cent.: of unknown origin; compare with the verb slog.
Idioms
See slug in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryslug it out
- to fight or compete until it is clear who has won
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