Slug
noun
- 1.
- (1. Any of various small, snaillike, chiefly terrestrial gastropod mollusks of the genus Limax and related genera, having a slowmoving elongated body with no shell or only a flat rudimentary shell on or under the skin. 2. The smooth, soft larva of certain insects, such as the sawfly. 3. A slimy mass of aggregated amoeboid cells from which the sporophore of a cellular slime mold develops. 4. Informal. A sluggard) ខ្យងម៉្យាងសំបកតូច, garden slug ខ្យងគោកម៉្យាងឥតស្នូក, slug of metal ដុំ
- 2.
- (PRINTING) (1. A round bullet larger than buckshot. 2. Informal. A shot of liquor. 3. A small metal disk for use in a vending or gambling machine, especially one used illegally. 4. A lump of metal or glass prepared for further processing. 5. Printing. a. A strip of type metal, less than typehigh and thicker than a lead, used for spacing. b. A line of cast type in a single strip of metal. c. A compositor's type line of identifying marks or instructions, inserted temporarily in copy. 6. Physics. The unit of mass that is accelerated at the rate of one foot per second per second when acted on by a force of one pound weight) បន្ទះសំណសម្រាប់បោះពុម្ពមួយបន្ទាត់
- 3.
- (A hard, heavy blow, as with the fist or a baseball bat) ការវាយ
verb — past tense: slugged ; past participle: slugged ; present participle: slugging ;
- 1.
- (PRINTING) (TRANSITIVE) (Printing. To add slugs to) ដាក់បន្ទះសំណសម្រាប់បោះពុម្ពមួយបន្ទាត់
- 2.
- (SLANG) (TRANSITIVE) (To strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat) វាយ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard.
- 2.
- A hindrance; an obstruction.
- 3.
- Any one of numerous species of terrestrial pulmonate mollusks belonging to Limax and several related genera, in which the shell is either small and concealed in the mantle, or altogether wanting. They are closely allied to the land snails.
- 4.
- Any smooth, soft larva of a sawfly or moth which creeps like a mollusk; as, the pear slug; rose slug.
- 5.
- A ship that sails slowly.
- 6.
- An irregularly shaped piece of metal, used as a missile for a gun.
- 7.
- A thick strip of metal less than type high, and as long as the width of a column or a page, -- used in spacing out pages and to separate display lines, etc.
verb — past tense: slugged ; past participle: slugged ; present participle: slugging ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To move slowly; to lie idle.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To make sluggish.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To load with a slug or slugs; as, to slug a gun.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To strike heavily.
- 5.
- (INTRANSITIVE) 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.