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catch⋅line

  [kach-lahyn]
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–noun
1. a word, phrase, or sentence used, esp. in advertising or journalism, to arouse or call attention.
2. a line in which a catchword appears.
3. a line of lesser importance, set shorter or sometimes in smaller type than the lines above and beneath it.
4. Theater. a line of comic dialogue expected to elicit laughter.
5. slug 1 (def. 10a).
Origin:
1865–70; catch + line 1

slug

1  [sluhg] noun, verb, slugged, slug⋅ging.
–noun
1. any of various snaillike terrestrial gastropods having no shell or only a rudimentary one, feeding on plants and a pest of leafy garden crops.
2. a nudibranch.
3. a metal disk used as a coin or token, generally counterfeit.
4. a piece of lead or other metal for firing from a gun.
5. any heavy piece of crude metal.
6. Printing.
a. a thick strip of type metal less than type-high.
b. such a strip containing a type-high number or other character for temporary use.
c. a line of type in one piece, as produced by a Linotype.
7. Informal. a shot of liquor taken neat; belt.
8. Slang. a person who is lazy or slow-moving; sluggard.
9. a slow-moving animal, vehicle, or the like.
10. Journalism.
a. Also called catchline. a short phrase or title used to indicate the story content of newspaper or magazine copy.
b. the line of type carrying this information.
11. Metalworking. a small piece of metal ready for processing.
12. a gold coin of California, privately issued in 1849 and for some time after, worth 50 dollars.
13. Physics. a unit of mass, equivalent to approximately 32.2 lb. (15 kg) and having the property that a force of one pound acting upon a mass of this unit produces an acceleration of one foot per second per second.
14. an irregular projection or knob on the surface of yarn, usually produced by lint or by defects in weaving.
–verb (used with object)
15. Printing.
a. to make (corrections) by replacing entire lines of type, esp. as set by a Linotype.
b. to check the lines of (typeset copy) against copy of the previous typesetting stage to ensure that no line has been omitted, esp. before printing or plating.
16. Journalism. to furnish (copy) with a slug.
17. to interpolate pieces of metal into (a joint being welded).
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME slugge sluggard < Scand; cf. Norw (dial.) sluggje heavy, slow person

Related forms:
sluglike, adjective
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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Slang Dictionary
slug

  1. n.
    a drink of liquor; a shot of whiskey. : Have a slug of this stuff. It will—I'm sorry to say, ma'am—put hair on your chest. , A couple more slugs and he was ready to face the huge bull-necked ruffian.
  2. n.
    a bullet. : Marlowe sent a couple of slugs into Rocko's chest. Rocko crumpled soundlessly.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

slug  (3)
"a hard blow," 1830, dialectal, perhaps related to slaughter, slay, etc. The verb is recorded from 1862. Slugger first recorded 1877; slugfest is from 1916.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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