slug
/slʌɡ/ verb C2- To hit very hard, usually with the fist. · He insulted my mother, so I slugged him.· The fighter slugged his opponent into unconsciousness.
He/she/it slugs · Past slugged · Past participle slugged · -ing form slugging
Verb forms
- Base form
- slug
- He/she/it
- slugs
- Past
- slugged
- Past participle
- slugged
- -ing form
- slugging
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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In fact, of the twenty rose-trees which formed the parterre, not one bore the mark of the slug, nor were there evidences anywhere of the clustering aphis which is so destructive to plants growing in a damp soil.
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