Collocations for "slug"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "slug" in context.
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slug
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [pistol, rifle] slug
- put a (lead) slug in his [head, chest]
- filled his [head] with (lead) slugs
- load the slug into the chamber
- shot by a [0.50] -caliber slug
- the slug [hit, brushed, pierced] his shoulder
- removed a slug from [her shoulder, the victim]
- [iron, copper, steel] slugs
- embedded slugs of [uranium, titanium]
- [put, insert] slugs in the [ticket, vending] machine
- drank a slug of [whiskey, vodka, beer]
- as [slow, lethargic, lazy] as a slug
- stepped on a slug
- slugs in the garden (after the rain)
- [working, walking] at a slug's pace
- computing: [edit, optimize, generate] URL slugs
- informal: is [an obnoxious, a lazy] slug
- informal: has [become, turned into] a lazy slug
- informal: the slug just [lazes, mooches] around the house
- slug the ball [out the stadium, to first base, into the crowd]
- slugged [it, the ball, his opponent]
- the [boxers, fighters] slugged at each other
- slugged him in the [face, stomach, gut, eye]
- (let them, leave them to) slug it out
- slugging (back) [whiskey, soda, juice]
- he slugged the [whiskey] back
- slug [up the hill, through the mud, across the valleys]
- the [car, soldiers, hikers] slugged [up the hill]
'slug' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):