Definition of slug

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Slug (v. i.) To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel; -- said of a bullet when fired from a gun, pistol, or other firearm..

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Inertia :: Inertia (n.) Want of activity; sluggishness; -- said especially of the uterus, when, in labor, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased..
Slugabed :: Slugabed (n.) One who indulges in lying abed; a sluggard.
Geophila :: Geophila (n. pl.) The division of Mollusca which includes the land snails and slugs.
Dozy :: Dozy (a.) Drowsy; inclined to doze; sleepy; sluggish; as, a dozy head..
Phlegm :: Phlegm (a.) Sluggishness of temperament; dullness; want of interest; indifference; coldness.
Slug :: Slug (n.) Any smooth, soft larva of a sawfly or moth which creeps like a mollusk; as, the pear slug; rose slug..
Slug :: Slug (v. t.) To load with a slug or slugs; as, to slug a gun..
Phlegmatic :: Phlegmatic (a.) Not easily excited to action or passion; cold; dull; sluggish; heavy; as, a phlegmatic person..
Lentor :: Lentor (a.) Slowness; delay; sluggishness.
Idler :: Idler (n.) One who idles; one who spends his time in inaction; a lazy person; a sluggard.
Drony :: Drony (a.) Like a drone; sluggish; lazy.
Drone :: Drone (v. i.) One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard..
Lobcock :: Lobcock (n.) A dull, sluggish person; a lubber; a lob..
Sluggardy :: Sluggardy (n.) The state of being a sluggard; sluggishness; sloth.
Slug :: Slug (n.) An irregularly shaped piece of metal, used as a missile for a gun..
Slothful :: Slothful (a.) Addicted to sloth; inactive; sluggish; lazy; indolent; idle.
Sluggish :: Sluggish (a.) Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert.
Droil :: Droil (v. i.) To work sluggishly or slowly; to plod.
Slow :: Slow (superl.) Not ready; not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish; as, slow of speech, and slow of tongue..
Dilatoriness :: Dilatoriness (n.) The quality of being dilatory; lateness; slowness; tardiness; sluggishness.
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