slug

1. 1.

   strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat

   “He slugged me so hard that I passed out”

   Synonymsslogswig

   Broaderhit
2. 2.

   be idle; exist in a changeless situation

   “The old man sat and stagnated on his porch”

   “He slugged in bed all morning”

   Synonymsidlelazestagnate

   Narrowermoonride the benchdaydreambumlie about

Other forms of slug

plural

slugs·

past tense or participle

slugged

present participle

slugging

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about slug

What does slug mean?

slug means "a projectile that is fired from a gun". That is the primary sense; the word has 10 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in slug?

slug has 1 syllable: slug. In IPA it is /ˈslʌɡ/.

What is another word for slug?

Close synonyms include bullet, sluggard, type slug, punch, clout. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is slug a common word?

slug is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.