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Noun

(slang, uncountable plural) Bullets or ammunition

Plural for a hard strike

Plural for a portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time

Plural for a person who is lazy or idle

Plural for a multicellular assembly formed by dictyostelid amoebae

Plural for a person who is lazy and has low standards of cleanliness

Plural for a small quantity of something

Plural for payment for a service, typically a journey on public transport

To hit very hard

To drink quickly

To engage in hostilities or an altercation

(slang) To negatively criticize

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(slang, uncountable plural) Bullets or ammunition

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“We have a president who once took a slug from a gun-toting nut.”

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Plural for a hard strike

clangors^US

clangours^UK

clamour^UK

clamor^US

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“Mike pressed home his advantage, delivering punches fast and hard and finishing off with a slug to his opponent's chin.”

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Plural for a portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time

gulps

shots

swigs

draught^UK

draft^US

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“Not in the mood for conversation, he knocked back yet another slug of whiskey.”

Noun

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Plural for a person who is lazy or idle

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“After his epiphany, he realized that there was more to life than being a slug.”

Noun

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Plural for a multicellular assembly formed by dictyostelid amoebae

pseudoplasmodia

greges

Noun

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Plural for a person who is lazy and has low standards of cleanliness

Noun

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Plural for a small quantity of something

Noun

Plural for payment for a service, typically a journey on public transport

Verb

To hit very hard

pummels^US

belabours^UK

belabors^US

knocks into the middle of next week

gives someone a hiding

gives someone a good hiding

beats the living daylights out of

gives someone a beating

gives someone a drubbing

gives someone a good beating

hooks

dings

gives someone a good drubbing

gives someone a hot bottom

jumps down one's throat

pulverizes^US

pulverises^UK

takes to the cleaners

blows out of the water

brings someone to their knees

wins a resounding victory over

dusts someone's britches

gives someone a pasting

cooks one's goose

defeats heavily

devastates

throws back in confusion

gives the cat o'nine tails

gains the advantage over

puts someone in their place

gives someone a licking

puts someone over your knee

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“She would slug the back of the chair in anger, knocking it over.”

Verb

To drink quickly

bevvies^UK

washes something down with

takes a drink

knocks off

pours down your gullet

siphons^US

gormandizes^US

draughts^UK

drafts^US

savours^UK

savors^US

syphons^UK

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“As soon as he thought of his wife back home, he began to slug his drink like a drunken brute.”

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To engage in hostilities or an altercation

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(slang) To negatively criticize

harshes

criticises^UK

criticizes^US

pummels^US

passes strictures upon

gives someone a bad press

belabors^US

gives someone a bollocking

raps over the knuckles

tears a strip off

tears off a strip

gives someone a roasting

belabours^UK

gives something a battering

gives someone a rollicking

does a hatchet job on

weighs into

gives something a bad press

bites someone's head off

snaps someone's head off

jumps down one's throat

ridicules

lampoons

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