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• Slug — For other uses, see Slug (disambiguation). For marine slugs, see Sea slug. For snails, see Snail. Slug Various species of British …   Wikipedia

• slug — slug1 [slug] n. [ME slugge, slow, clumsy person or thing < Scand, as in Swed dial. slogga, to be sluggish < IE base * (s)leu , to hang loosely, lax > SLUDGE] 1. any of a large number of small, gastropod mollusks, esp. the ones resembling …   English World dictionary

• Slug — Slug, n. [OE. slugge slothful, sluggen to be slothful; cf. LG. slukk low spirited, sad, E. slack, slouch, D. slak, slek, a snail.] 1. A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A hindrance; an obstruction. [Obs.] Bacon.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Slug caterpillar — Slug Slug, n. [OE. slugge slothful, sluggen to be slothful; cf. LG. slukk low spirited, sad, E. slack, slouch, D. slak, slek, a snail.] 1. A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A hindrance; an obstruction. [Obs.] Bacon …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Slug (rapper) — Infobox musical artist | Name = Slug Background = solo singer Birth name = Sean Daley Alias = Seven, Sep Seven, Se7en Born = birth date and age|1972|9|7 Died = Origin = Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. Genre = Hip Hop Occupation = Rapper Years active …   Wikipedia

• SLUG Magazine — Infobox Magazine title = SLUG | image size = 200px | image caption = SLUG s first cover in January 1989 featured The Clocks] editor = Angela Brown frequency = Monthly category = local music, art, action sports firstdate = January, 1989 country =… …   Wikipedia

• Slug (coin) — A slug is a counterfeit coin that is used to make illegal purchases from a coin operated device, such as a vending machine, pay phone, parking meter, transit farebox, copy machine, coin laundry, gaming machine, or arcade game… …   Wikipedia

• slug — 1 noun (C) 1 a small slow moving creature with a soft body like a snail but without a shell 2 (C) AmE informal a bullet 3 informal a small amount of a strong alcoholic drink: a slug of brandy 4 (C) AmE informal a piece of metal shaped like a coin …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• slug — slug1 sluglike, adj. /slug/, n., v., slugged, slugging. n. 1. any of various snaillike terrestrial gastropods having no shell or only a rudimentary one, feeding on plants and a pest of leafy garden crops. 2. a nudibranch. 3. a metal disk used as… …   Universalium

• slug — slug1 [slʌg] n [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language] 1.) a small creature with a soft body, that moves very slowly and eats garden plants 2.) AmE informal a bullet ▪ Perez still has a slug lodged in his left shoulder. 3 …   Dictionary of contemporary English