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slug
1. Substantiv:
2. [1] Nacktschnecke
3. [2] ein Geschoss mit ungleichförmiger Gestalt
4. [3] Durchschuss (aus dem Graphischen Gewerbe: bezeichnet den Raum zwischen zwei Zeilen)
5. [4] kleine Menge Whiskey, Gläschen Whisky
6. Verb:
7. [1] (US-amerikanisch) etwas kräftig schlagen, treffen (zum Beispiel einen Ball)
Englisch > Englisch
slug
1. subst. Any of many terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell.
2. subst. (obsolete) A slow, lazy person; a sluggard.
3. subst. A bullet (projectile).
4. subst. A counterfeit coin, especially one used to steal from vending machines.
5. subst. A shot of a drink, usually alcoholic.
6. subst. (journalism) A title, name or header, a catchline, a short phrase or title to indicate the content of a newspaper or magazine story for editing use.
7. subst. (physics, rarely used) the Imperial (English) unit of mass that accelerates by 1 foot per second squared (1 ft/s²) when a force of one pound-force (lbf) is exerted on it.
8. subst. A discrete mass of a material that moves as a unit, usually through another material.
9. subst. A motile pseudoplasmodium formed by amoebae working together.
10. subst. (television editing) A black screen.
11. subst. (metal typesetting) A piece of type metal imprinted by a linotype machine; also a black mark placed in the margin to indicate an error; also said in application to typewriters; type slug.
12. subst. (regional) A stranger picked up as a passenger to enable legal use of high occupancy vehicle lanes.
13. subst. (US, slang) A hitchhiking commuter.
14. subst. (web design) The last part of a clean URL, the displayed resource name, similar to a filename.
15. subst. (obsolete) A hindrance, an obstruction.
16. subst. A ship that sails slowly.
17. subst. A hard blow, usually with the fist.
18. v. To drink quickly; to gulp; to down.
19. v. To hit very hard, usually with the fist.
He insulted my mother, so I slugged him.
The fighter slugged his opponent into unconsciousness.
20. v. To take part in casual carpooling; to form ad hoc, informal carpools for commuting, essentially a variation of ride-share commuting and hitchhiking.
21. v. (intransitive, of a bullet) To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel.
22. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To move slowly or sluggishly; to lie idle.
23. v. To load with a slug or slugs.
to slug a gun
24. v. To make sluggish.
Deutsch > Englisch
Nacktschnecke
1. n-f. slug (mollusk)
2. n-f. nudibranch

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But we still don't know exactly what the slug feels.  Then, of course, there were slug pellets.  As a concession, I have thrown away my slug pellets.  Of all the invertebrates, the slug certainly has the most highly developed nervous system.  So I shouldn't worry about salting a slug, or chopping it in two with my hoe?

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