Slug

slug, n. a heavy, lazy fellow: a name for land-molluscs of order Pulmonata, with shell rudimentary or absent—they do great damage to garden crops: any hinderance.— ns. Slug′-a-bed ( Shak. ), one who is fond of lying in bed, a sluggard; Slug′gard , one habitually idle or inactive.— v.t. Slug′gardise ( Shak. ), to make lazy.— adj. Slug′gish , habitually lazy: slothful: having little motion: having little or no power.— adv. Slug′gishly .— n. Slug′gishne . [Scand., Dan. slug , sluk , drooping, Norw. sloka , to slouch; Low Ger. slukkern , to be loose; allied to slack.]