Glug vs. Slug — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Glug and Slug
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Glug
The sound made when a significant amount of liquid is poured suddenly out of something, such as a jug or bottle.
Slug
Slug, or land slug, is a common name for any 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, a very reduced shell, or only a small internal shell, particularly sea slugs and semislugs (this is in contrast to the common name snail, which applies to gastropods that have a coiled shell large enough that they can fully retract its soft parts into the shell).
Glug
(informal) The amount of liquid issued when the "glug" sound is heard.
Pour a glug of bleach into the toilet.
Slug
A round bullet larger than buckshot.
Glug
(intransitive) To flow in noisy bursts.
The water glugged down the sink.
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Slug
A shot of liquor.
Glug
To quickly swallow liquid.
He had glugged that glass of wine before she got a chance to introduce herself.
Slug
An amount of liquid, especially liquor, that is swallowed in one gulp; a swig.
Glug
The sound made when a significant amount of liquid is poured out of a jug, bottle, etc., or when such an amount is swallowed by a person.
Slug
A small metal disk for use in a vending or gambling machine, especially one used illegally.
Glug
Make a gurgling sound as of liquid issuing from a bottle;
The wine bottles glugged
Slug
A lump of metal or glass prepared for further processing.
Slug
A strip of type metal, less than type-high and thicker than a lead, used for spacing.
Slug
A line of cast type in a single strip of metal.
Slug
A compositor's type line of identifying marks or instructions, inserted temporarily in copy.
Slug
(Physics) The British unit of mass that accelerates at the rate of one foot per second per second when acted on by a force of one pound on the surface of the Earth.
Slug
Any of various terrestrial gastropod mollusks having a slow-moving slimy elongated body with no shell or with a flat rudimentary shell on or under the skin, usually found in moist habitats.
Slug
A sea slug.
Slug
The smooth soft larva of certain insects, such as the sawfly.
Slug
A slimy mass of aggregated amoeboid cells that develops into the spore-bearing fruiting body of a cellular slime mold.
Slug
(Informal) A sluggard.
Slug
A hard heavy blow, as with the fist or a baseball bat.
Slug
A commuter who slugs.
Slug
(Printing) To add slugs to.
Slug
(Informal) To drink rapidly or in large gulps
Slugged down a can of pop.
Slug
To strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat.
Slug
To wait for or obtain a ride to work by standing at a roadside hoping to be picked up by a driver who needs another passenger to use the HOV lanes of a highway.
Slug
Any of many terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell.
Slug
(obsolete) A slow, lazy person; a sluggard.
Slug
A bullet or other projectile fired from a firearm; in modern usage, generally refers to a shotgun slug.
Slug
A solid block or piece of roughly shaped metal.
Slug
A counterfeit coin, especially one used to steal from vending machines.
Slug
A shot of a drink, usually alcoholic.
Slug
(journalism) A title, name or header, a catchline, a short phrase or title to indicate the content of a newspaper or magazine story for editing use.
Slug
The imperial (English) unit of mass that accelerates by 1 foot per second squared (1 ft/s²) when a force of one pound-force (lbf) is exerted on it.
Slug
A discrete mass of a material that moves as a unit, usually through another material.
Slug
A motile pseudoplasmodium formed by amoebae working together.
Slug
(railroading) An accessory to a diesel-electric locomotive, used to increase adhesive weight and allow full power to be applied at a lower speed. It has trucks with traction motors, but lacks a prime mover, being powered by electricity from the mother locomotive, and may or may not have a control cab.
Slug
(television editing) A black screen.
Slug
(metal typesetting) A piece of type metal imprinted by a linotype machine; also a black mark placed in the margin to indicate an error; also said in application to typewriters; type slug.
Slug
(regional) A stranger picked up as a passenger to enable legal use of high occupancy vehicle lanes.
Slug
A hitchhiking commuter.
Slug
(web design) The last part of a clean URL, the displayed resource name, similar to a filename.
Slug
(obsolete) A hindrance, an obstruction.
Slug
A ship that sails slowly.
Slug
To hit A hard blow, usually with the fist.
Slug
To drink quickly; to gulp; to down.
Slug
To take part in casual carpooling; to form ad hoc, informal carpools for commuting, essentially a variation of ride-share commuting and hitchhiking.
Slug
To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel.
Slug
To move slowly or sluggishly; to lie idle.
Slug
(transitive) To load with a slug or slugs.
To slug a gun
Slug
To make sluggish.
Slug
(transitive) To hit very hard, usually with the fist.
He insulted my mother, so I slugged him.
The fighter slugged his opponent into unconsciousness.
Slug
A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard.
Slug
A hindrance; an obstruction.
Slug
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.
Slug
Any smooth, soft larva of a sawfly or moth which creeps like a mollusk; as, the pear slug; rose slug.
Slug
A ship that sails slowly.
His rendezvous for his fleet, and for all slugs to come to, should be between Calais and Dover.
Slug
An irregularly shaped piece of metal, used as a missile for a gun.
Slug
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.
Slug
To move slowly; to lie idle.
To slug in sloth and sensual delight.
Slug
To make sluggish.
Slug
To load with a slug or slugs; as, to slug a gun.
Slug
To strike heavily.
Slug
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.
Slug
A projectile that is fired from a gun
Slug
An idle slothful person
Slug
Any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell
Slug
Strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat;
He slugged me so hard that I passed out
Slug
Be idle; exist in a changeless situation;
The old man sat and stagnated on his porch
He slugged in bed all morning
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