Plural of slug
regular plural
The plural of slug is slugs.
Forms of slug
| Singular | slug /slʌɡ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | slugs |
| Countable | countable |
Slugs in a sentence
- The average slug has a mass of around 0.00002 slugs.
- So that we can use slugs, every slug has to be unique.2016, Fabian Vogelsteller, Isaac Strack, Marcelo Reyna, Meteor: Full-Stack Web Application Development, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 71
- Rose slugs are the larvae of sawflies, non-stinging members of the wasp family.2015, Peter Kukielski, Roses Without Chemicals: 150 Disease-Free Varieties That Will Change the Way You Grow Roses. From the entry rose slug
- He grins like the little merboy who used to dare me to eat sea slugs.2011, Tera Lynn Childs, Fins Are Forever, Katherine Tegen Books, →ISBN, page 257. From the entry merboy
- The other men opened fire with pistols, slugs zithering past him with a dull whine.2004, Matt Braun, chapter 15, in Black Gold, New York: St Martin’s Paperbacks, page 158. From the entry zither
Meaning of slug
- noun Any of many gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell.
- noun A slow, lazy person; a sluggard.
- noun A bullet or other projectile fired from a firearm; in modern usage, generally refers to a shotgun slug.
Questions about the plural of slug
- What is the plural of slug?
- The plural of slug is slugs.
- Is slug countable?
- Slug is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: slug (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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