Slug
noun
A small creature that looks like a snail but without a shell.
I found a slug in the garden.
Often appears as...
- garden slug
- sea slug
noun
A piece of metal shaped like a cylinder.
The quarter-inch slug can be used as a ticket in most arcade machines.
Often appears as...
- coin slug
- bullet slug
noun
A single shot or punch.
He took a slug straight to the jaw.
Often appears as...
- take a slug
- give a slug
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
verb
To drink something quickly and in large amounts.
He slugged down his beer.
Often appears as...
- slug down a drink
- slug back a shot
Usage tips
Informal
verb
To hit hard.
She slugged him in the face.
Often appears as...
- slug someone
- slug in the face
Usage tips
Informal
noun
A small creature that looks like a snail but without a shell.
I found a slug in the garden.
Often appears as...
- garden slug
- sea slug
noun
A piece of metal shaped like a cylinder.
The quarter-inch slug can be used as a ticket in most arcade machines.
Often appears as...
- coin slug
- bullet slug
noun
A single shot or punch.
He took a slug straight to the jaw.
Often appears as...
- take a slug
- give a slug
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
verb
To drink something quickly and in large amounts.
He slugged down his beer.
Often appears as...
- slug down a drink
- slug back a shot
Usage tips
Informal
verb
To hit hard.
She slugged him in the face.
Often appears as...
- slug someone
- slug in the face
Usage tips
Informal
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Nature Context
The word 'slug' often appears in texts about gardening or wildlife.
Be careful when gardening as you might disturb a slug in the soil.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensitivity to Salt
'Slug' is associated with an aversion to salt, which is harmful to them.
She sprinkled salt to deter slugs from her herbs.
Pro Tip 3/3Slow Movement
Slugs are known for their slow pace, so 'slug' implies something moving very slowly.
After the hefty meal, he moved like a slug.
Pro Tip 1/3Nature Context
The word 'slug' often appears in texts about gardening or wildlife.
Be careful when gardening as you might disturb a slug in the soil.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensitivity to Salt
'Slug' is associated with an aversion to salt, which is harmful to them.
She sprinkled salt to deter slugs from her herbs.
Pro Tip 3/3Slow Movement
Slugs are known for their slow pace, so 'slug' implies something moving very slowly.
After the hefty meal, he moved like a slug.
Pro Tip 1/3Nature Context
The word 'slug' often appears in texts about gardening or wildlife.
Be careful when gardening as you might disturb a slug in the soil.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensitivity to Salt
'Slug' is associated with an aversion to salt, which is harmful to them.
She sprinkled salt to deter slugs from her herbs.
Pro Tip 3/3Slow Movement
Slugs are known for their slow pace, so 'slug' implies something moving very slowly.
After the hefty meal, he moved like a slug.
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Video examples
How do animals...
And even sea slugs flinch when they know they're about to receive a noxious stimulus. That means they have some memory of physical sensations. We still have a lot to learn about animal pain. As our knowledge grows, it may one day allow us to live in a world where we don't cause pain needlessly.
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The bug that poops candy...
When that sap touches the insect’s cells, its high sugar content encourages the water in the cells to come out by osmosis… exactly like salt encourages water to come out of a slug. The more sap that passes through the insect, the more water it loses. Eventually, it shrivels up and dies.
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Margaret Wertheim: The...
It's almost impossible to model this structure any other way, and it's almost impossible to do it on computers. So what is this hyperbolic geometry that corals and sea slugs embody? The next few minutes is, we're all going to get raised up to the level of a sea slug.
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Tales from a modern...
law started to trickle through City Hall this is what they do they take them along with all the other muhabba Lou we're talking slot machines brass knuckles shotguns knives counterfeit subway slugs they take them all they put them onto a barge they go
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How does a jellyfish...
Small agile fish use the jellies as moving reefs for protection, darting between tentacles without ever touching them. Nudibranchs, which are sea slugs covered in protective slime, can actually steal the jelly's defenses by eating the cnidocytes
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The Strange and...
before I go further I get this question all the time what are slugs slugs are snails I define part of my mission as the spokesperson for land snails my goal is helping people become ecologically
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Best Of Ants PIPE BBC Earth
his job done he retires from the royal chamber and dies a short but productive life for he'll father several million new ants with hungry mouths slugs are fair game for driver ants
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Ants Devour Slug Alive!...
they smother their prey but the slug has a trick up its sleeve it may be slow but it's well protected
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Best of Tiny Animals PIPE...
with its protective coat neutralized the ants attack the slug underneath
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The Secrets of Slug...
scientists now realize that slug slime holds important messages
Video examples
How do animals...
And even sea slugs flinch when they know they're about to receive a noxious stimulus. That means they have some memory of physical sensations. We still have a lot to learn about animal pain. As our knowledge grows, it may one day allow us to live in a world where we don't cause pain needlessly.
Video examples
The bug that poops candy...
When that sap touches the insect’s cells, its high sugar content encourages the water in the cells to come out by osmosis… exactly like salt encourages water to come out of a slug. The more sap that passes through the insect, the more water it loses. Eventually, it shrivels up and dies.
Video examples
Margaret Wertheim: The...
It's almost impossible to model this structure any other way, and it's almost impossible to do it on computers. So what is this hyperbolic geometry that corals and sea slugs embody? The next few minutes is, we're all going to get raised up to the level of a sea slug.
Video examples
Tales from a modern...
law started to trickle through City Hall this is what they do they take them along with all the other muhabba Lou we're talking slot machines brass knuckles shotguns knives counterfeit subway slugs they take them all they put them onto a barge they go
Video examples
How does a jellyfish...
Small agile fish use the jellies as moving reefs for protection, darting between tentacles without ever touching them. Nudibranchs, which are sea slugs covered in protective slime, can actually steal the jelly's defenses by eating the cnidocytes
Video examples
The Strange and...
before I go further I get this question all the time what are slugs slugs are snails I define part of my mission as the spokesperson for land snails my goal is helping people become ecologically
Video examples
Best Of Ants PIPE BBC Earth
his job done he retires from the royal chamber and dies a short but productive life for he'll father several million new ants with hungry mouths slugs are fair game for driver ants
Video examples
Ants Devour Slug Alive!...
they smother their prey but the slug has a trick up its sleeve it may be slow but it's well protected
Video examples
Best of Tiny Animals PIPE...
with its protective coat neutralized the ants attack the slug underneath
Video examples
The Secrets of Slug...
scientists now realize that slug slime holds important messages
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Ken Loach
English Director
If all political parties are committed to the role of the free market, the politicians act as, I don't know, as traffic policemen; they stand outside the ring and let the real decisions be slugged out by entrepreneurs. That doesn't seem to me a proper democracy.
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Sterling Hayden
Audiences may not realize it, but heroes and leading men always depend on their muscles to get out of jams. They don't have to slug a guy in the mouth to solve a problem, but it's always hinted that he can fight like the heavyweight champ if he has to.
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Frances Conroy
American Actress
I guess you're happy if you have some kind of balance in you. I'm a human being. I have days when I feel paralyzed, days when I feel like a slug. Then I have days when I have good energy, I've read the newspaper and I've done different things.
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Jane Hamilton
American Novelist
I don't think that talking to anybody can help you - a writer or a nonwriter. So what do I do in Wisconsin? I don't know. I just slug through it.
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Jim Crace
English Writer
As a natural historian, I don't believe in the consciousness of rocks or the opinions of rainbows or the convictions of slugs.
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Letitia Baldrige
American Writer
If somebody is disrespecting somebody, we should step in - even at the risk of getting slugged over the head.
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Rupert Grint
English Actor
I think coughing up slugs was quite hard. Ron has a scene where he has to cough up these giant slugs.
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Blake Shelton
American Musician
I've driven in L.A. probably three times. I'm a slug in L.A.
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Kodak Black
American Musician
I knew I was going to be slugged up, my whole mouth gold.
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Karl Pilkington
British Actor
A slug is always on its own. It's a lonely insect.
Quote examples
Ken Loach
English Director
If all political parties are committed to the role of the free market, the politicians act as, I don't know, as traffic policemen; they stand outside the ring and let the real decisions be slugged out by entrepreneurs. That doesn't seem to me a proper democracy.
Quote examples
Sterling Hayden
Audiences may not realize it, but heroes and leading men always depend on their muscles to get out of jams. They don't have to slug a guy in the mouth to solve a problem, but it's always hinted that he can fight like the heavyweight champ if he has to.
Quote examples
Frances Conroy
American Actress
I guess you're happy if you have some kind of balance in you. I'm a human being. I have days when I feel paralyzed, days when I feel like a slug. Then I have days when I have good energy, I've read the newspaper and I've done different things.
Quote examples
Jane Hamilton
American Novelist
I don't think that talking to anybody can help you - a writer or a nonwriter. So what do I do in Wisconsin? I don't know. I just slug through it.
Quote examples
Jim Crace
English Writer
As a natural historian, I don't believe in the consciousness of rocks or the opinions of rainbows or the convictions of slugs.
Quote examples
Letitia Baldrige
American Writer
If somebody is disrespecting somebody, we should step in - even at the risk of getting slugged over the head.
Quote examples
Rupert Grint
English Actor
I think coughing up slugs was quite hard. Ron has a scene where he has to cough up these giant slugs.
Quote examples
Blake Shelton
American Musician
I've driven in L.A. probably three times. I'm a slug in L.A.
Quote examples
Kodak Black
American Musician
I knew I was going to be slugged up, my whole mouth gold.
Quote examples
Karl Pilkington
British Actor
A slug is always on its own. It's a lonely insect.
Example 1 of 10
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