A hard blow, usually with the fist.
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 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.
A shot of a drink, usually alcoholic.
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.
A ridge or lump on the skin, as caused by a blow.
A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling.
In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.
A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends.
A feature resembling a welt.
A strip of material or covered cord applied to a seam or garment edge to strengthen or cover it.
To cause to have welts; to beat.
To install welt (a welt or welts) to reinforce.