slug
Slimy garden crawler
S-l-u-g represents some unrelated words.
A slug is a small creature like a snail without a shell that lives in forests and gardens; a piece of metal shaped like a coin that is used deceitfully in machines that accept coins; and a quantity of liquid swallowed at once (slug of orange juice).
A slug is a noun and verb for a violent blow with the fist.
A boxer might slug his opponent in the jaw or deliver a slug to his jaw.
Successful contact or strike
- punchStrike with fist
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- blowMove air forcefully
- wallopForceful strike or defeat
smack · sock · thump · whack · belt · clobber · pummel · haymaker
Shelled, slow-moving mollusk
- gastropodSingle-shelled soft creature
- nudibranchShell-shedding marine gastropod
- shell-lessLacking a hard outer covering
- soft-bodiedLacking internal skeleton
tentacle · radula · mantle · invertebrate · marine · aquatic · mucus · slime trail
Arrange text for printing
- linotypeLine-casting printing machine
- metal typeCast printing characters
- composingCreating musical works
- galleyOnboard food preparation area
letterpress · em · en · spacing · font · typeface · justified · compositor
Fired metal projectile
- shotQuick liquor serving
- pelletSmall rounded mass
- ammunitionWeapon projectiles and charges
- cartridgeSealed container for supplies
caliber · firearm · musket · muzzle · gunpowder · casing · discharge · ballistics
Representative placeholder
- vending machineAutomated product dispenser
- arcadeArched passageway or gaming hall
- laundromatSelf-service clothes-washing business
- coin slotPayment insertion point
fraudulent · bogus · phony
hit
Successful contact or strike
wallop · smack · sock · thump · whack · belt · clobber · pummel · haymaker · uppercut
snail
Shelled, slow-moving mollusk
- gastropodSingle-shelled soft creature
- nudibranchShell-shedding marine gastropod
- shell-lessLacking a hard outer covering
soft-bodied · tentacle · radula · mantle · invertebrate · marine · aquatic · mucus · slime trail · garden pest
shot
Quick liquor serving
chug · nip · dram · belt · pull · quaff · tipple · whiskey · liquor · booze
typeset
Arrange text for printing
- linotypeLine-casting printing machine
- metal typeCast printing characters
- composingCreating musical works
galley · letterpress · em · en · spacing · font · typeface · justified · compositor · hot metal
slowpoke
Unhurried, frustratingly so
crawl · drag · lethargic · torpid · languid · listless · idle · lazy · loaf · slouch
bullet
Fired metal projectile
- shotQuick liquor serving
- pelletSmall rounded mass
- ammunitionWeapon projectiles and charges
cartridge · caliber · firearm · musket · muzzle · gunpowder · casing · discharge · ballistics · lead
token
Representative placeholder
- vending machineAutomated product dispenser
- arcadeArched passageway or gaming hall
- laundromatSelf-service clothes-washing business
coin slot · fraudulent · bogus · phony
- life formsorganisms, organism, lifeforms, animal, creatures
- forest lifesquirrel, fox, rabbit, owl, woodpecker
- invertebratesinvertebrate, arthropod, arthropods, mollusk, crustacean
- bottom feederscatfish, loach, sturgeon, suckerfish, flounder
- creepy crawlyant, spider, beetle, centipede, millipede
- garden bugsant, aphid, bee, beetle, butterfly
slugcheetah
Fastest land animal
hare · gazelle · hummingbird · roadrunner · falcon
slugworkaholic
Compulsive labor addict
hustler · go-getter · dynamo · hard worker · overachiever
- slug it outEngage in prolonged combat
- slugging awayPersevering with effort
- slugged it outFought to the finish
- sea slugShell-less marine gastropod
- slugging it outProlonged fierce combat
- slug bugCar-spotting punching game
sluggish, slugs, sluggishness, slugged, slugger, sluggard, slugging, sluggishly, slugfest