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limacine: slug
Of or pertaining to the slug; similar to a slug.
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slug (SLUHG) (noun)
A small, soft creature which is like a snail without a shell: "Going for walks in the country, I have seen one slug after another crawling around during the evening."
slug (SLUHG) (noun)
1. In the U.S., a small piece of metal that is part of a bullet fired from a gun: "The police found a slug in the door from the gun that was fired by the suspect."
2. A disk shaped like a coin that is used illegally instead of a legitimate coin in a machine: "Someone used a slug to get candy from the coin machine."
3. A small amount of liquor taken in one swallow: "The customer took one slug of whiskey after the other at the bar."
2. A disk shaped like a coin that is used illegally instead of a legitimate coin in a machine: "Someone used a slug to get candy from the coin machine."
3. A small amount of liquor taken in one swallow: "The customer took one slug of whiskey after the other at the bar."
slug (SLUHG) (noun)
A hard punch with the fist: "The boxer hit his opponent with a slug to the jaw."
slug (SLUHG) (verb)
To hit someone or something hard with the fist, a bat, a tennis racket, etc: "The baseball player positioned his bat so he could slug the ball out of the ballpart for the winning score."
After taking a slug of whisky at the bar that belonged to another guy, that man reacted with a slug at the drinker's face which caused each drunk to slug the other until they were finally thrown out onto the street.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group S; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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