| pellet | | |
| n. (shape) | 1. pellet | a small sphere. |
| ~ globe, orb, ball | an object with a spherical shape.; "a ball of fire" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. pellet, shot | a solid missile discharged from a firearm.; "the shot buzzed past his ear" |
| ~ bb, bb shot | a small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun. |
| ~ bird shot, buckshot, duck shot | small lead shot for shotgun shells. |
| ~ canister, canister shot, case shot | a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm. |
| ~ grapeshot, grape | a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot. |
| ~ musket ball, ball | a solid projectile that is shot by a musket.; "they had to carry a ramrod as well as powder and ball" |
| ~ projectile, missile | a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled. |
| slug | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. bullet, slug | a projectile that is fired from a gun. |
| ~ cartridge | ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun. |
| ~ dumdum, dumdum bullet | a soft-nosed small-arms bullet that expands when it hits a target and causes a gaping wound. |
| ~ full metal jacket | a lead bullet that is covered with a jacket of a harder metal (usually copper). |
| ~ projectile, missile | a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled. |
| ~ rifle ball | a bullet designed to be fired from a rifle; no longer made spherical in shape. |
| ~ rubber bullet | a bullet made of hard rubber; designed for use in crowd control. |
| n. (quantity) | 2. slug | a unit of mass equal to the mass that accelerates at 1 foot/sec/sec when acted upon by a force of 1 pound; approximately 14.5939 kilograms. |
| ~ mass unit | a unit of measurement for mass. |
| n. (possession) | 3. slug | a counterfeit coin. |
| ~ coin | a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money. |
| n. (person) | 4. slug, sluggard | an idle slothful person. |
| ~ do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, bum | person who does no work.; "a lazy bum" |
| n. (food) | 5. slug | an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped.; "he took a slug of hard liquor" |
| ~ alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant | a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent.; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him" |
| n. (artifact) | 6. slug, type slug | a strip of type metal used for spacing. |
| ~ type metal | an alloy of tin and lead and antimony used to make printing type. |
| n. (animal) | 7. slug | any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell. |
| ~ gastropod, univalve | a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes. |
| ~ family limacidae, limacidae | slugs. |
| n. (act) | 8. biff, clout, lick, poke, punch, slug | (boxing) a blow with the fist.; "I gave him a clout on his nose" |
| ~ counterpunch, parry, counter | a return punch (especially by a boxer). |
| ~ knockout punch, ko punch, sunday punch, haymaker | a hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue boxing. |
| ~ hook | a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent. |
| ~ jab | a quick short straight punch. |
| ~ rabbit punch | a short chopping blow to the back of the neck. |
| ~ sucker punch | an unexpected punch. |
| ~ boxing, pugilism, fisticuffs | fighting with the fists. |
| ~ blow | a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon.; "a blow on the head" |
| v. (contact) | 9. slog, slug, swig | strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat.; "He slugged me so hard that I passed out" |
| ~ hit | deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument.; "He hit her hard in the face" |
| v. (social) | 10. idle, laze, slug, stagnate | be idle; exist in a changeless situation.; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning" |
| ~ moon around, moon on, moon | be idle in a listless or dreamy way. |
| ~ ride the bench, warm the bench | be out of the game.; "Miller was riding the bench in Saturday's game" |
| ~ moon, daydream | have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake.; "She looked out the window, daydreaming" |
| ~ arse about, arse around, bum about, bum around, frig around, fuck off, loaf, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, waste one's time, bum, loll | be lazy or idle.; "Her son is just bumming around all day" |
| ~ lie about, lie around | hang around idly.; "She did all the work while he lay around" |
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