slug
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7.0
- noun
- /slʌg/
- Offensive
:
vago
- Some of these deputies are just slugs looking for any excuse to call in sick.
- a lazy slug
- feel like a slug
- call someone a slug
This is reminding me of the slug guy flashbacks.
- This is reminding me of the slug guy flashbacks.
Examples
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"You're such a slug," she says.
Fiction book (1997) -
Your sister is very fond of you, but she has begun to call you a slug.
Fiction book (1997) -
The guy is a slug, and somebody had to stand up to him.
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Or, "How did you get to be such a slug?"
Fiction book (1997) -
That slug never wants to meet any refined people.
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I mean, he's just like this slug who hangs around the house all the time.
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Come on, lazy slug.
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You miserable slug!
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We indulged in an interesting exchange of ideas, me accusing her of being a lazy, self-centered slug, and she criticizing my failure to make sensitivity to her needs my major priority.
Fiction book (2000) -
He's such a slug because he never helps with the household chores.
Synonyms
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7.2
A lazy person who others dislike for not working
33
4.6
A person who avoids work and often does very little
9
7.0
A person who avoids work and makes little effort
8
4.6
A person who often puts off work until the last minute
5
5.8
A person who avoids work and does very little
5
9.9
A person who is lazy, irresponsible, and does not try to succeed
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7.6
A person who often avoids work and does very little
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7.0
A person who avoids work and does very little
2
8.6
A person who avoids work and wastes time
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9.9
A person who often avoids work and is lazy
1
9.9
A person who stays in bed later than they should in the morning
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7.2
A person who avoids work and prefers to rest
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9.9
A person who avoids work and does very little
1
9.9
A person who is lazy and slow to do things
A person who wastes time on small unimportant tasks instead of doing useful work
A person who is often lazy and late finishing tasks
A person who is lazy and avoids work
Antonyms
Compounds
- Archaic
A tool used in traditional printing to cut thin lead strips for spacing type
How Lazy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Calling someone a slug for a lazy person comes from the animal sense or an old word for 'slow', because a slug moves slowly; so a slug is a person who is idle or moves without energy. That's why the word means a lazy person.