Slug
21slug — English has at least two, possibly four distinct words slug. The oldest, ‘shell less mollusc’ [15], originally meant ‘slow or lazy person’. It was not applied to the slow moving animal until the 18th century. It was probably a borrowing from a… …
22slug — 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… …
23slug — 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 …
24slug — {{11}}slug (1) shell less land snail, 1704, originally lazy person (early 15c.); related to SLUGGARD (Cf. sluggard). {{12}}slug (2) lead bit, 1620s, perhaps a special use of SLUG (Cf. slug) (1) with reference to its shape. Meaning token or… …
25slug — [[t]slʌ̱g[/t]] slugs, slugging, slugged 1) N COUNT A slug is a small slow moving creature with a long soft body and no legs, like a snail without a shell. 2) N COUNT: usu N of n If you take a slug of an alcoholic drink, you take a large mouthful… …
26slug — I UK [slʌɡ] / US noun [countable] Word forms slug : singular slug plural slugs 1) a small creature with a soft body and no legs that moves very slowly. Slugs are similar to snails but they have no shell. 2) informal an amount of a strong… …
27slug — I. /slʌg / (say slug) noun 1. any of various slimy, elongated terrestrial gastropods related to the terrestrial snails, but having no shell or only a rudimentary one. 2. a slow moving animal, vehicle, or the like. 3. any heavy piece of crude… …
28slug — I [[t]slʌg[/t]] n. v. slugged, slug•ging 1) ivt any of various snaillike terrestrial gastropod mollusks having no shell or only a rudimentary one, feeding on plants, and often a pest of leafy garden crops 2) a metal disk used as a coin or token,… …
29slug — a unit of mass in the English foot pound second system. One slug is the mass accelerated at 1 foot per second per second by a force of 1 pound. Since the acceleration of gravity (g) in English units is 32.174 04 feet per second per second, the …
30Slug — Para la locomotora, véase Configuración mexicana. Slug es una unidad de masa en el sistema de unidades FPS (Foot Pound Second system: Sistema Pie Libra Segundo) Definición El slug se define como la masa que se desplaza a una aceleración de 1… …
