"slug out" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: slugs out [present, singular, third-person], slugging out [participle, present], slugged out [participle, past], slugged out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} slug out (third-person singular simple present slugs out, present participle slugging out, simple past and past participle slugged out)
  1. (transitive) To engage in a match, fight, battle, argument or competition. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-slug_out-en-verb-q~coQ~uu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 12 12 3 26 3 19 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 23 14 12 5 24 4 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 13 9 3 27 2 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 15 10 2 27 2 21
  2. (intransitive, of a match, fight, battle, etc.) To be fought or competed. Tags: intransitive, usually
    Sense id: en-slug_out-en-verb-LbHRf6ML Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 12 12 3 26 3 19 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 23 14 12 5 24 4 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 13 9 3 27 2 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 15 10 2 27 2 21
  3. (slang, baseball) To hit a ball. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-slug_out-en-verb-DaH5Y4Rh Categories (other): Baseball, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out" Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 12 12 3 26 3 19 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 23 14 12 5 24 4 19 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  4. (transitive) To write down with a typewriter. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-slug_out-en-verb-ic4k-hI~
  5. (transitive, obsolete, printing) To print (something) using slugs (A piece of type metal imprinted by a linotype machine). Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-slug_out-en-verb-G7DdZE~e Categories (other): Printing, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 12 12 3 26 3 19 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 23 14 12 5 24 4 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 13 9 3 27 2 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 15 10 2 27 2 21 Topics: media, printing, publishing
  6. (transitive, screenwriting) 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. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-slug_out-en-verb-okIsp7AC
  7. (filmmaking, transitive, intransitive) To add directions (such as for sound effects) to an animation script. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-slug_out-en-verb-RIh64~sm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 12 12 3 26 3 19 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 23 14 12 5 24 4 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 13 9 3 27 2 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 15 10 2 27 2 21

Inflected forms

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        "(slang, baseball) To hit a ball."
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        "(filmmaking, transitive, intransitive) To add directions (such as for sound effects) to an animation script."
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Download raw JSONL data for slug out meaning in All languages combined (3.4kB)

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