slug

A small, slow animal with a soft body, no legs, and little or no shell.

• A slug ate my lettuce.
• Slugs come out after the rain.
• We found a shiny slug trail on the path.

Common phrases: garden slug, slug trail

A person who is very lazy and slow to act.

• Get up, you lazy slug!
• I felt like a slug all weekend.
• He called his brother a slug for refusing to help.

Similar words: sluggard, idler

Common phrases: lazy slug, a total slug

To hit someone very hard, usually with your closed hand.

• He slugged me in the arm.
• She slugged the attacker and ran away.
• Did he really slug you in the face?

How to use it: slug someone in the face/stomach (The angry man slugged him in the stomach.)

Similar words: punch, hit

Common phrases: slug someone, slug someone hard

To put solid bullets into a gun.

• He slugged the gun before leaving.
• They slug their shotguns for this type of shooting.
• The hunter checked the barrel before slugging his gun.

Common phrases: slug a gun, slug a shotgun