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.
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.
An alcoholic drink.
Rainy season. (often capitalized)
A tyre for use in wet weather.
Rainy weather.
Liquid or moisture.
One who supports the consumption of alcohol and thus opposes Prohibition.
A weak or sentimental person; a wimp or softie.
A moderate Conservative; especially, one who opposed the hard-line policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
to wet the baby's head
To kill or seriously injure.
To form an intermetallic bond between a solder and a metal substrate.
To make (oneself, clothing, a bed, etc.) wet by accidental urination.
To make or become wet.
To cover or impregnate with liquid.
To celebrate by drinking alcohol.
Permitting alcoholic beverages.
Of a person: inexperienced in a profession or task; having the characteristics of a rookie.
Using afterburners or water injection for increased engine thrust.
Of a burrito, sandwich, or other food: covered in a sauce.
Of a Quaker: liberal with respect to religious observance.
Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
Of calligraphy and fountain pens: depositing a large amount of ink from the nib or the feed.
Of a sound recording: having had audio effects applied.
Of a scientist or laboratory: working with biological or chemical matter.
Of weather or a time period: rainy.
Involving assassination or "wet work".
Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid.
Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.
Ineffectual, feeble, showing no strength of character.
Sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions.