Slug (disambiguation)

Slug can mean:

Slug: A Gastropod without or with a very small shell
Slug (mass): An imperial unit of mass
Slug (projectile): a projectile or bullet
Slug (railroad): a unit that provides additional tractive effort for a locomotive.
Slugging is a form of loosely organized ridesharing practiced in some large cities.
Slug is a rapper in hip hop music group Atmosphere
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A counterfeit coin
When talking about flows of fluids though a pipeline a slug is a discrete quantity of one fluid that flows though the line surrounded by another.
A slug is the aggregate form of the slime mould Dictyostelids.
Slug is sometimes used as a verb meaning "to hit".
Slug is a short title for a story, usually not more than a word or two.
In the production process of print advertisements, a slug or slug line, refers to the "name" of a particular advertisement. Advertisements usually have several markers, ad numbers or job numbers and slug lines. Usually the slug references the offer or headline and is used to differentiate between different ad runs.
In typesetting, a slug is a piece of typemetal imprinted by a Linotype machine; also a black mark placed in the margin to indicate an error (as by TeX).
In television editing, a slug refers to a black screen
In hydrogeology a slug test involves quickly changing the water level in a well, and monitoring its decay through time.