slugging

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noun

A blow or blows with the fist; a beating.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of slug
nounslugging (countable and uncountable, plural sluggings)

plural sluggings

  1. UScountableuncountableA blow or blows with the fist; a beating.

    The feuding for control of the Jersey waterfront made news as sluggings, bombings, and beatings continued on the Jersey City docks.

    1962, Daniel Bell, The End of Ideology
  2. UScountableuncountableThe act of hitting a ball hard; slogging.
  3. countableneologismslanguncountablecosmeticsThe practice of smothering one's face with vaseline in order to moisturize it.
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APA

slugging. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slugging

MLA

“slugging.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slugging. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slugging,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slugging.

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