slug
slug [slug slugs slugged slugging] noun, verb BrE [slʌɡ] NAmE [slʌɡ]
noun 
1. a small soft creature, like a ↑snail without a shell, that moves very slowly and often eats garden plants
2. (informal)a small amount of a strong alcoholic drink
•He took another slug of whisky.
3. (informal, especially NAmE)a bullet
4. (NAmE, informal)a piece of metal shaped like a coin used to get things from machines, etc, sometimes illegally
Word Origin:
n. late Middle English ‘sluggard’ Scandinavian Norwegian slugg ‘large heavy body’ v. mid 19th cent. ↑slog
Idiom: ↑slug it out
verb (-gg-)
1. ~ sb (informal)to hit sb hard, especially with your closed hand
2. ~ sth (in ↑baseball)to hit the ball hard
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
n. late Middle English ‘sluggard’ Scandinavian Norwegian slugg ‘large heavy body’ v. mid 19th cent. ↑slog
Example Bank:
•I slugged him in the face.
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