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Meaning of Slugging | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. A blow or blows with the fist; a beating.
    US, countable, uncountable
  2. The act of hitting a ball hard; slogging.
    US, countable, uncountable
  3. The practice of smothering one's face with vaseline in order to moisturize it.
    countable, neologism, slang, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية الضّرب

Examples

“The feuding for control⟳ of the Jersey waterfront made news as sluggings, bombings, and beatings continued on the Jersey City docks.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

slugging average slugging percentage Sluggish sluggish schizophrenia Sluggishly Sluggishness

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