slug vs steamer

slug

noun
  • A shot of a drink, usually alcoholic. 

  • A title, name or header, a catchline, a short phrase or title to indicate the content of a newspaper or magazine story for editing use. 

  • A bullet or other projectile fired from a firearm; in modern usage, generally refers to a shotgun slug. 

  • The last part of a clean URL, the displayed resource name, similar to a filename. 

  • A hard blow, usually with the fist. 

  • A black screen. 

  • A motile pseudoplasmodium formed by amoebae working together. 

  • A piece of type metal imprinted by a linotype machine; also a black mark placed in the margin to indicate an error; also said in application to typewriters; type slug. 

  • A ship that sails slowly. 

  • The imperial (English) unit of mass that accelerates by 1 foot per second squared (1 ft/s²) when a force of one pound-force (lbf) is exerted on it. 

  • A solid block or piece of roughly shaped metal. 

  • Any of many terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell. 

  • An accessory to a diesel-electric locomotive, used to increase adhesive weight and allow full power to be applied at a lower speed. It has trucks with traction motors, but lacks a prime mover, being powered by electricity from the mother locomotive, and may or may not have a control cab. 

  • A stranger picked up as a passenger to enable legal use of high occupancy vehicle lanes. 

  • A hitchhiking commuter. 

  • A counterfeit coin, especially one used to steal from vending machines. 

  • A discrete mass of a material that moves as a unit, usually through another material. 

verb
  • To hit very hard, usually with the fist. 

  • To drink quickly; to gulp; to down. 

  • To take part in casual carpooling; to form ad hoc, informal carpools for commuting, essentially a variation of ride-share commuting and hitchhiking. 

  • To make sluggish. 

  • To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel. 

  • To load with a slug or slugs. 

steamer

noun
  • A drinking session. 

  • A mode of transportation propelled by steam. 

  • A stupid or contemptible person. 

  • A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing and in various processes of manufacture. 

  • A cooking appliance that cooks by steaming. 

  • A steamer duck: any of the four species of the duck genus Tachyeres which are all found in South America, three of which are flightless. 

  • A member of a youth gang who engages in steaming (robbing and escaping in a large group). 

  • The soft-shell clam, sand gaper, or long-neck clam (Mya arenaria), an edible saltwater clam; specifically the clam when steamed for eating. 

  • A prostitute's client. 

  • A gullible or easily cheated person. 

  • A vessel propelled by steam; a steamboat or steamship. 

  • A steamed clam. 

  • An act of fellatio. 

  • A homosexual man with a preference for passive partners. 

  • A wetsuit with long sleeves and legs. 

  • A babycino (frothy milk drink). 

  • A racehorse the odds of which are becoming shorter (that is, decreasing) because bettors are backing it. 

  • a gambler who increases a wager after losing. 

  • A steam-powered road locomotive; a traction engine. 

verb
  • To travel by steamer. 

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