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slug

2  [sluhg] verb, slugged, slug⋅ging, noun Informal.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to strike heavily; hit hard, esp. with the fist.
2. to hit or drive (a baseball) very hard or a great distance.
–verb (used without object)
3. to hit or be capable of hitting hard.
4. to trudge, fight, or push onward, as against obstacles or through mud or snow: The infantry slugged up the hill and dug in.
–noun
5. a hard blow or hit, esp. with a fist or baseball bat.
—Idiom
6. slug it out,
a. to fight, esp. with fists, until a decisive victory has been achieved.
b. to succeed or survive by constant and intense struggle.
Origin:
1820–30; orig. in phrase hit with a slug; see slug 1
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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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slug it out

  1. tv.
    to fight something out; to fight about something figuratively. : We'll just have to sit down in the conference room and slug it out.
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  (1)
"shell-less land snail," 1704, originally "lazy person" (1408); related to sluggard.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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