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slug out

slug out verb: to engage in a match, fight, battle, argument or competition.

Verb

slug out (third-person singular simple present slugs out, present participle slugging out, simple past and past participle slugged out)

  1. (transitive) To engage in a match, fight, battle, argument or competition.
    • They slugged out two wins last month.
  2. (intransitive, usually, fight, battle) To be fought or competed.
    • It was a victory slugged out by the French.
  3. (slang) To hit a ball.
    • He slugged out a homerun in the second inning.
  4. (transitive) To write down with a typewriter.
  5. (obsolete, transitive) To print (something) using slugs (A piece of type metal imprinted by a linotype machine).
  6. (transitive) To add a slug (A block of text at the beginning of a scene), write a scene with a slug or write many slugs in a script.
  7. (intransitive, transitive) To add directions (such as for sound effects) to an animation script.

Forms of slug out

third-person singular presentslugs out
present participleslugging out
past participleslugged out
pastslugged out

Questions about slug out

What does slug out mean?
Slug out means to engage in a match, fight, battle, argument or competition.
What part of speech is slug out?
Slug out is a verb.
What is the past tense of slug out?
The past tense of slug out is slugged out.

Words near slug out in the dictionary

  1. slug it out
  2. slug line
  3. slug lines
  4. slug moth
  5. slug moths
  6. slug out
  7. slug slime
  8. slug snail
  9. slug snails
  10. slug-a-bed
  11. slug-a-beds

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