Slug vs Punch - What's the difference?
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Any of many terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks, having no (or only rudimentary) shell
(obsolete) A slow, lazy person; a sluggard.
A bullet (projectile).
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, rarely used) 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.
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A motile pseudoplasmodium formed by amoebae working together.
(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.
(regional) A stranger picked up as a passenger to enable legal use of high occupancy vehicle lanes.
(web design) The last part of a (clean URL), the displayed resource name, similar to a filename.
(obsolete) A hindrance; an obstruction.
A ship that sails slowly.
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To drink quickly; to gulp.
To down a shot.
To hit very hard, usually with the fist.
To take part in casual carpooling; to form ad hoc, informal carpools for commuting, essentially a variation of ride-share commuting and hitchhiking.
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(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.
(obsolete) To move slowly or sluggishly; to lie idle.
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To load with a slug or slugs.
To make sluggish.
(countable) A hit or strike with one's fist.
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(uncountable) Power, strength, energy.
(uncountable) Impact.
(countable) A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) whose only or main current function is that when it is pressed causes a video game character to punch.
To strike with one's fist.
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To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means.
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To enter (information) on a device or system.
To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force.
To make holes in something
To thrust against; to poke.
(countable) A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface.
(countable) A mechanism for punching holes in paper or other thin material.
(countable) A hole or opening created with a punch
(piledriving) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something.
To mark a ticket.
(uncountable) A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic.
In transitive terms the difference between slug and punch
is that slug is to load with a slug or slugs while punch is to make holes in something rail ticket, leather belt, etc.As nouns the difference between slug and punch
is that slug is any of many terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks, having no (or only rudimentary) shell while punch is a hit or strike with one's fist.As verbs the difference between slug and punch
is that slug is to drink quickly; to gulp while punch is to strike with one's fist.As a proper noun Punch is
a glove puppet who is the main character used in a Punch and Judy show.slug
English
Noun
(en noun)- (Shakespeare) Why, lamb! Why, lady! Fie, you slug-a-bed. Romeo and Juliet
- (Francis Bacon)
- His rendezvous for his fleet, and for all slugs to come to, should be between Calais and Dover.
- (Halliwell)
Synonyms
* (a quantity of a drink) See alsoDerived terms
* black slug * sea slug * slug lineSee also
* (gastropod) snailVerb
(slugg)- He insulted my mother, so I slugged him.
- The fighter slugged his opponent into unconsciousness.
- To slug in sloth and sensual delight.
- to slug a gun
- (Milton)
Derived terms
* slug it outAnagrams
* English transitive verbs ----punch
English
(wikipedia punch)Etymology 1
From (etyl) punchen, partially from (etyl) .Noun
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Synonyms
* (A strike with the fist) box, bunch of fives (UK) * oomph, pepHyponyms
* (A strike with the fist) jab, hook, uppercut, poundingDerived terms
* beat somebody to the punch * kidney punch * one-two punch * pleased as punch * pull punches * punch drunk * roll with the punches * Sunday punchSee also
* (A strike with the fist) slapVerb
(es)- If she punches me, I'm gonna break her nose.
- He punched a hit into shallow left field.
- to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow