slug

slug meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Examples of slug in a sentence

• A mass accelerator propels a solid metal slug using precisely-controlled electromagnetic attraction and repulsion.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Mass Accelerators Codex entry:
• The slug is defined as the mass which would accelerate at a rate of 1 ft/s² under a force of one pound-force (lbf).2000 October 9, Gérard P. Michon, “What is a slug, in the [engineering] weight measurement system?”, in Numericana.com:
• Tvpically, enough sand is emplaced to create a slug of sand that moves along the shore causing noticeable and somewhat dramatic local changes.1998, Orrin H. Pilkey with Katharine L. Dixon, The Corps and the Shore, page 159:
• This is also furthered by the creation of a slug of light hydrocarbons near the oil displacement front, extracted by the carbon dioxide from the oil1998, N. A. Krylov with A. A. Bokserman and Evgeniĭ Romanovich Stavrovskiĭ, The oil industry of the former Soviet Union, page 112:

All 40 example sentences with slug

Synonyms of slug

• geepound

Forms of slug

Plural of slug: slugs

Origin of slug

Originally referred to a slow, lazy person, from Middle English slugge (“lazy person", also "sloth, slothfulness”), probably of either Old English or Old Norse origin; perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sliǵ-ōn, from *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”) or otherwise from the root of Old Norse slókr (“lazy person, oaf”), whence Icelandic slókur (“laziness”). Compare Norn slug (“lazy, slothful, sluggish”), dialectal Norwegian slugg (“a large, heavy body”), sluggje (“heavy, slow person”), Danish slog (“rascal, rogue”). Compare also Dutch slak (“snail, slug”). Doublet of slotch. The sense of a hitchhiking commuter is from the sense of a counterfeit bus token. Bus operators considered sluggers to be cheating as if they were using counterfeit tokens.

Uncertain. Perhaps somehow from Proto-Germanic *slagiz (“a blow, strike”). If so, then cognate with slay and slaughter; also German Schlag (“blow, hit”) and Dutch slag (“blow, strike”). Also compare slog.

Words formed from slug

• slug away
• slugfest
• slugger
• slugging match
• slug it out
• slug out
• banana slug
• black slug
• cherry slug
• ghost slug
• greenhouse slug
• hump slug
• land slug
• leatherleaf slug
• leopard slug
• mantleslug
• monkey slug
• pancake slug
• pear slug
• rainbow slug
• red triangle slug
• rifled slug
• road slug
• rose slug
• sand slug
• Santa Barbara shelled slug
• sea slug
• sell salt to a slug
• semislug
• slinch
• slug bug
• slugburger
• slug caterpillar
• sluggish
• sluggos
• sluggy
• slughorn
• slugicide
• slugify
• slugless
• sluglike
• slug line
• slug moth
• slug slime
• slug snail
• slugthrower
• slugworm
• solid slug
• variable neon slug
• yard slug
• yellow slug
• aslug
• forslug
• outslug
• preslug
• slugabed
• slugabug
• sluggable

Related words

• snail
• lug
• sluggard

Phrases with slug

• slug lines
• slug moths
• slug snails
• lettuce sea slug
• slug caterpillars
• sold salt to a slug
• sells salt to a slug
• selling salt to a slug

Words that rhyme with slug

• bug
• plug
• pug
• lug
• rug
• jug
• thug
• tug
• mug
• chug
• drug
• fug

Questions about slug

What does slug mean?

Slug means any of many gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell.

What is slug in Hindi?

Slug in Hindi is स्लग. See Slug meaning in Hindi.

How do you use slug in a sentence?

A mass accelerator propels a solid metal slug using precisely-controlled electromagnetic attraction and repulsion.

What part of speech is slug?

Slug can be a noun or a verb.

How do you pronounce slug?

Slug is pronounced /slʌɡ/ (UK).

What is the plural of slug?

The plural of slug is slugs.