slug

Definitions

• Any of many terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell.
• (obsolete) A slow, lazy person; a sluggard.
• A bullet or other projectile fired from a firearm; in modern usage, generally refers to a shotgun slug.
• A solid block or piece of roughly shaped metal.
• A counterfeit coin, especially one used to steal from vending machines.
• A shot of a drink, usually alcoholic.
• (journalism) A title, name or header, a catchline, a short phrase or title to indicate the content of a newspaper or magazine story for editing use.
• (physics) the Imperial (English) unit of mass that accelerates by 1 foot per second squared (1 ft/s²) when a force of one pound-force (lbf) is exerted on it.
• A discrete mass of a material that moves as a unit, usually through another material.
• A motile pseudoplasmodium formed by amoebae working together.
• (railways) An accessory to a diesel-electric locomotive, used to increase adhesive weight and allow full power to be applied at a lower speed. It has trucks with traction motors but lacks a prime mover.
• (television editing) A black screen.
• (metal typesetting) A piece of type metal imprinted by a linotype machine; also a black mark placed in the margin to indicate an error; also said in application to typewriters; type slug.
• (regional) A stranger picked up as a passenger to enable legal use of high occupancy vehicle lanes.
• (US) A hitchhiking commuter.
• (web design) The last part of a , the displayed resource name, similar to a filename.
• (obsolete) A hindrance, an obstruction.
• A ship that sails slowly.