2syllables
slugging
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Definitions ofslugging
1verb
- To drink quickly; to gulp; to down.
- To take part in casual carpooling; to form ad hoc, informal carpools for commuting, essentially a variation of ride-share commuting and hitchhiking.
- (of a bullet) To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel.
- To move slowly or sluggishly; to lie idle.
- To load with a slug or slugs.
Example: "to slug a gun"
- To make sluggish.
1verb
- To hit very hard, usually with the fist.
Example: "He insulted my mother, so I slugged him."
1noun
- A blow or blows with the fist; a beating.
- The act of hitting a ball hard; slogging.
- The practice of smothering one's face with vaseline in order to moisturize it.
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