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My life is fair game for anybody. I spent an unhappy, penniless childhood in Brooklyn. I had to slug my way up in a town called Hollywood where people love to trample you to death. I don't relax because I don't know how. I don't want to know how. Life is too short to relax.
Susan Hayward

Meaning of "slug" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SLUG

(A slow person or animal): probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian (dialect) sluggje.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SLUG

slug  [slʌɡ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SLUG

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Slug is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SLUG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

slug

Slug

Slug is a common name for an apparently shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusc. The word "slug" is also often used as part of the common name of any gastropod mollusc that has no shell, has a very reduced shell, or has only a small internal shell. Slugs exist on land and in the sea, and there is even one genus of freshwater slugs, Acochlidium. The unadorned word "slug" is however applied primarily to land slugs, whereas slugs from the sea or from fresh water are usually referred to as "sea slugs" or "freshwater slugs". Land gastropods with a shell that is not quite vestigial, but is too small to retract into, are known as semislugs. Various taxonomic families of slugs form part of several quite different evolutionary lineages, which also include snails. Thus, for example, the various families of land slugs are not closely related, despite a superficial similarity in the overall body form. The shell-less condition has arisen many times independently during the evolutionary past, and thus the category "slug" is emphatically a polyphyletic one. Slugs, like all other gastropods, undergo torsion during development.

Definition of slug in the English dictionary

The definition of slug in the dictionary is any of various other invertebrates having a soft slimy body, esp the larvae of certain sawflies. Other definition of slug is a slow-moving or lazy person or animal.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SLUG


chug-a-lug
ˈtʃʌɡəlʌɡ
chugalug
ˈtʃʌɡəˌlʌɡ
earplug
ˈɪəˌplʌɡ
fireplug
ˈfaɪəˌplʌɡ
glug
ɡlʌɡ
lug
lʌɡ
plug
plʌɡ
Rawlplug
ˈrɔːlplʌɡ
roseslug
ˈrəʊzˌslʌɡ
unplug
ʌnˈplʌɡ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SLUG

sludgier
sludgiest
sludgy
slue
sluff
slug it out
slugabed
slugfest
sluggard
sluggardise
sluggardize
sluggardliness
sluggardly
sluggardness
slugged
slugger
slugging
sluggish
sluggishly
sluggishness

WORDS THAT END LIKE SLUG

banana plug
glow plug
heater plug
jack plug
phono plug
salt plug
sea slug
spark plug
sparking plug
three-pin plug
two-pin plug
volcanic plug
wander plug

Synonyms and antonyms of slug in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «slug» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SLUG

Find out the translation of slug to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of slug from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «slug» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

鼻涕虫
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

babosa
570 millions of speakers

English

slug
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

काउंटर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بَزَّاقَة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

слизняк
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lesma
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্লাগ্
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

limace
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Slug
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nacktschnecke
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ナメクジ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

민달팽이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Slug
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

con sên không vỏ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गोगलगाय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sümüklüböcek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lumacone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ślimak nagi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

слимак
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

limax
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γυμνοσάλιαγκας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

slak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

snigel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

snegle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of slug

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SLUG»

The term «slug» is very widely used and occupies the 20.796 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SLUG» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «slug» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «slug» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about slug

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7 QUOTES WITH «SLUG»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word slug.
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Ed Belfour
One minute you're a slug and the next minute you're a hero, so you don't know what to think.
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Jenny Eclair
Well, I'm not good with sliminess. I hate the thought of creatures that have slime on them or creatures that leave a slimy trail. At home, the sight of a slug can bring up my breakfast.
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Susan Hayward
My life is fair game for anybody. I spent an unhappy, penniless childhood in Brooklyn. I had to slug my way up in a town called Hollywood where people love to trample you to death. I don't relax because I don't know how. I don't want to know how. Life is too short to relax.
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Peter Mayle
I have a very set routine. I work six days a week, but only half days. I work from 9 in the morning till 1 in the afternoon, without any interruptions, a fair slug.
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Danny McBride
So I just came out here to Los Angeles with a bunch of buddies I had gone to film school with. You know, for better or worse, we just tried to slug it out here.
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Michael Stipe
There was a point in the '80s when I looked out at my audience and I saw people that - were I not on the stage - they'd sooner slug me as they walked by me on the sidewalk. And I realized that I was way beyond the choir.
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Captain Beefheart
Bob Dylan impresses me about as much as... well, I was gonna say a slug but I like slugs.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLUG»

Discover the use of slug in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to slug and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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50 Ways to Kill a Slug
Are you being bullied by a mollusc that slimes all over your garden and munches through your favourite delphinium?
Sarah Ford, 2012
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The Design, Performance, and Analysis of Slug Tests
This book remedies this problem by answering virtually every question regarding the design, performance, and analysis of slug tests.
James Johnson Butler, Jr., 1997
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How to Teach a Slug to Read
Mama Slug teaches Little Slug how to read.
Susan Pearson, 2011
4
Some Smug Slug
A self-assured slug makes his way up a slope and refuses to heed the warnings of the other animals
Pamela Duncan Edwards, 2009
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Keeping Slug Woman Alive: A Holistic Approach to American ...
This remarkable collection of eight essays offers a rare perspective on the issue of cross-cultural communication.
Greg Sarris, 1993
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Rainy Day Slug
One rainy day, a slug goes for a walk in the wide, wide world, going scrass, scrass, scrass through the tall, green grass; scuddle, scuddle, scuddle in a deep rain puddle; and scrape, scrape, scrape down a long, pink drape. Reprint.
Mary Palenick Colborn, 2009
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Aquifer Testing: Design and Analysis of Pumping and Slug Tests
This valuable book is an expansion on our best seller Groundwater Pumping Tests: Design and Analysis (Walton 1987).
Jonathan D. Istok, Karen J. Dawson, 1991
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Defending Yourself Against Criticism: The Slug Manual
A lively, humorous guide for protecting yourself from zingers and sticks and stones from your family, friends, and co-workers. Dozens of real-life examples start you on the path toward honest, respectful communication.
Jennifer James, 1993
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Real World Adobe InDesign CS3
placed in the slug area will print even when they extend beyond the edges of the page. The slug area is usually slightly outside the bleed area, but you can set it up any way you want. So what's the difference between the bleed and the slug?
Olav Martin Kvern, David Blatner, 2007
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Editing Techniques with Final Cut Pro
A Word About Slug When you're cutting actual film, it's essential to keep the picture reels and soundtrack reels exactly the same length so they stay in sync. Ifyou add a shot you don't have sound for yet, you have to fill in the space on the track ...
Michael Wohl, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLUG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term slug is used in the context of the following news items.
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World's cutest slugs look like gooey, candy bunnies
Jorunna is a genus of sea slugs that look like bunnies made of yummy gummy treats. I would like to adopt a Jorunna parva, a particularly cute Jorunna, but I also ... «The Verge, Jul 15»
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"Huge Surprise": Worms Hitchhike in Slug Guts
Arion slugs accidentally swallow the worms—including the popular research species Caenorhabditis elegans—while eating decomposing plants. Instead of ... «National Geographic, Jul 15»
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Top 10 New Species: Cartwheeling Spider, Psychedelic Sea Slug
Top 10 New Species: Cartwheeling Spider, Psychedelic Sea Slug. The world's most fascinating plants and animals of 2014 also include a giant stick insect and ... «National Geographic, May 15»
4
Spanish cannibal slugs invading Britain
Britain is in the grip of an invasion from six-inch-long Spanish cannibal slugs - nicknamed killer slugs - that have been spotted 50 miles inland for the first time. «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
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Oregon farmers agree slugs are a problem _ but what to do?
FILE - This Nov. 19, 2009 photo shows a four-inch-long banana slug slithering into a hole on the Van Eck Oregon Forest near Burnt Woods, Ore. Farmers in ... «Yahoo News, Mar 15»
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Metal Slug 3 Gameplay Trailer Prepares You for Launch Today on …
Featuring cross-buy on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita, Metal Slug 3 costs $14.99, with PlayStation Plus members able to pick it up for $13.49 ... «PlayStation LifeStyle, Mar 15»
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Beware of slug invasion, gardeners told
Britain must brace for a bucolic invasion as millions of slugs and snails, led by the cannibal Spanish breed, are set to swarm gardens across the country, a new ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
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Sea slug steals the ability to photosynthesis like a plant from algae
The slug, called the eastern emerald elysia or Elysia chlorotica, has incorporated genes from algae into its own chromosomes enabling it to photosynthesis. «Daily Mail, Feb 15»
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Sea slug masses migrate to Northern California coast
A colorful flood of tiny southern sea slugs rarely seen in the waters off Northern California is puzzling scientists concerned about the warming ocean. «SFGate, Jan 15»
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Naturalist Attenborough fancies the lowly slug - for sex appeal
"Slugs are amazing," Attenborough, 88, told Reuters at a launch event at London Zoo for the latest edition of "David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities". «Reuters, Jan 15»

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