| slug | (noun) (boxing) a blow with the fist | Synonyms: biff, clout, lick, poke, punch |
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| (noun) any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell | - |
| (noun) a projectile that is fired from a gun | Synonyms: bullet |
| (noun) a strip of type metal used for spacing | Synonyms: type slug |
| (noun) an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped | - |
| (noun) an idle slothful person | Synonyms: sluggard |
| (noun) a counterfeit coin | - |
| (noun) a unit of mass equal to the mass that accelerates at 1 foot/sec/sec when acted upon by a force of 1 pound; approximately 14.5939 kilograms | - |
| (verb) strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat | Synonyms: slog, swig |
| (verb) be idle; exist in a changeless situation | Synonyms: idle, laze, stagnate |
| slugabed | (noun) a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour | Synonyms: lie-abed |
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| slugfest | (noun) a fight with bare fists | Synonyms: fistfight, fisticuffs |
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| sluggard | (noun) an idle slothful person | Synonyms: slug |
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| slugger | (noun) (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting | Synonyms: batsman, batter, hitter |
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| (noun) a boxer noted for an ability to deliver hard punches | Synonyms: slogger |
| sluggish | (adjective) slow and apathetic | Synonyms: inert, soggy, torpid |
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| (adjective) (of business) not active or brisk | Synonyms: dull, slow |
| (adjective) slow or slothful | Synonyms: sulky |
| sluggishly | (adverb) in a sluggish manner | - |
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| sluggishness | (noun) inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy | Synonyms: flatness, languor, lethargy, phlegm |
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| (noun) the pace of things that move relatively slowly | - |
| (noun) a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness) | Synonyms: lassitude, lethargy |