Meaning of slug out | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To engage in a match, fight, battle, argument or competition.
   transitive
2. To be fought or competed.
   intransitive, usually
3. To hit a ball.
   slang
4. To write down with a typewriter.
   transitive
5. To print (something) using slugs (A piece of type metal imprinted by a linotype machine).
   obsolete, transitive
6. To add a slug (A block of text at the beginning of a scene), write a scene with a slug or write many slugs in a script.
   transitive
7. To add directions (such as for sound effects) to an animation script.
   intransitive, transitive

Examples

“They slugged out two wins last month.”

“It was a victory slugged out by the French.”

“He slugged out a homerun in the second inning.”

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