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slugging

slugging

English

Verb

slugging

  1. present participle of slug

Noun

slugging (countable and uncountable, plural sluggings)

  1. (US) A blow or blows with the fist; a beating.
    • 1962, Daniel Bell, The End of Ideology
      The feuding for control of the Jersey waterfront made news as sluggings, bombings, and beatings continued on the Jersey City docks.
  2. (US) The act of hitting a ball hard; slogging.

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