to slug
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7.7
- verb
- /slʌg/
- Informal
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- Why don't you just stay there then and just slug it out with those psychotic little misfits.
Examples
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After a long week, I just wanted to slug on the couch and catch up on my favorite series.
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If you're the parent that has been like just slugging away trying to pay the bills, my God, Like it's what are you going to do?
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-Get back to work, you slug!
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There are plenty of places to hunker down and slug through email or bang out some code.
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I know you haven't had the best of breaks since you got back... ...but, well, it seems like you ought to stick here... ...and slug it out a while longer on your own home ground.
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Instead of completing his assignments, he decided to slug all day instead.
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She often slugs during the weekends, refusing to leave the comfort of her home.
Synonyms
888
1.5
Spend time without any activity
350
1.1
To spend time sitting and doing very little without a clear purpose
43
3.7
To spend time doing nothing useful
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7.0
To spend time doing small, not important jobs in a relaxed way
7
6.2
To spend time doing little or nothing instead of working
7
4.3
To spend time relaxing and doing very little
5
7.9
To waste time by delaying when you should act
3
7.9
Spend time doing very little or nothing
2
9.9
To sit and do nothing instead of working
2
8.6
To spend time doing very little and moving around without plans
2
9.5
To waste time instead of doing the work you need
1
9.2
To spend time doing small unimportant things instead of working
1
8.7
To waste time doing small unimportant things
1
6.3
To spend time doing nothing or being inactive
1
7.7
To spend time doing nothing and not working
1
3.4
To spend time lazily doing little or nothing
1
3.2
To spend time doing nothing
1
6.5
To spend time doing nothing in a lazy way
1
9.9
To waste time doing silly or lazy things instead of useful work
1
9.9
To waste time instead of doing something useful
To waste time instead of doing something useful
Spend time or money on unimportant things
To spend time idly on unimportant things
To waste time instead of working
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Archaic
A tool used in traditional printing to cut thin lead strips for spacing type
How Idle
Surface Forms
Etymology
To slug around (be idle) follows the same idea from the slow animal: a slug moves slowly, so to slug is to waste time or do nothing useful. That's why the verb means to be lazy or inactive.