Meanings
present singular third person slugs out · participle present slugging out · participle past slugged out · past slugged out
- transitiveTo engage in a match, fight, battle, argument or competition.
They slugged out two wins last month.
- intransitiveusuallyfight; battle; fight; battleTo be fought or competed.
It was a victory slugged out by the French.
- slangball gamesTo hit a ball.
He slugged out a homerun in the second inning.
- transitiveTo write down with a typewriter.
- obsoletetransitivemediaTo print (something) using slugs (A piece of type metal imprinted by a linotype machine).
- transitiveTo add a slug (A block of text at the beginning of a scene), write a scene with a slug or write many slugs in a script.
- intransitivetransitiveTo add directions (such as for sound effects) to an animation script.
Cite this entry
slug out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slug%20out
“slug out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slug%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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