Synonyms for slug

Most common

punch · clock · bullet · snail · sluggard · faineant · geepound · pseudoplasmodium

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Verb

Antonyms

do-er

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Definitions

1. n. 1

   Any of many gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell.

2. v. 1

   To drink quickly; to gulp; to down.

3. v. 2

   To take part in casual carpooling; to form ad hoc, informal carpools for commuting, essentially a variation of ride-share commuting and hitchhiking.

Related words

Word family

sluggish sluggos sluggard slugabug

Phrases

sea slug cherry slug pear slug slug bug slug moth variable neon slug

Forms

Plural

slugs → punches, licks, pokes, biffs…

Past participle

slugged
e.g. slugged → slogged, swigged, gulped, clobbered…

Example sentences

• punch Tom blocked Mary's first punch but not her second.
• clock Every morning I set my watch by the station clock.
• bullet A doctor tried to remove the bullet from his back.
• snail A snail is moving up the inside of the windowpane.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

bum¹, nip¹

4 letters

lick¹, idle², poke¹, slog¹, gulp¹, biff¹, swig¹, laze

5 letters

clock¹, punch¹, drone¹, snail¹, clout¹, idler³

6 letters

bullet²

7 letters

clobber²

8 letters

stagnate², sluggard, faineant, geepound

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (idle² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

limace

Italiano

lumaca

Español

babosa