Italian Meaning of slug

lumaca

Other Italian words related to lumaca

Definitions and Meaning of slug in English

Wordnet

slug (n)

a projectile that is fired from a gun

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

a counterfeit coin

an idle slothful person

an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped

a strip of type metal used for spacing

any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell

(boxing) a blow with the fist

Wordnet

slug (v)

strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat

be idle; exist in a changeless situation

Webster

slug (n.)

A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard.

A hindrance; an obstruction.

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.

Any smooth, soft larva of a sawfly or moth which creeps like a mollusk; as, the pear slug; rose slug.

A ship that sails slowly.

An irregularly shaped piece of metal, used as a missile for a gun.

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.

Webster

slug (v. i.)

To move slowly; to lie idle.

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.

Webster

slug (v. t.)

To make sluggish.

To load with a slug or slugs; as, to slug a gun.

To strike heavily.

FAQs About the word slug

lumaca

a projectile that is fired from a gun, 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

bang,ritmo,colpo,clip,colpo,bussare,colpire,sterlina,pugno,sbattere

mangiare,agente,Hummer,imbroglione,realizzatore,prego,Intraprendente,Centrale elettrica,Intraprendente,highflyer

slued => sbandato, slue => melma, sludy => sludy, sludger => escavatore, sludge acid => acido di fanghi,