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Sluggers
- noun - (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting
- a boxer noted for an ability to deliver hard punches
Slugging
- verb - be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
- strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat; "He slugged me so hard that I passed out"
Sluggish
- adjective - (of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market"
- moving slowly; "a sluggish stream"
- slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age"
Slugworm
- - Any caterpillar which has the general appearance of a slug, as do those of certain moths belonging to Limacodes and allied genera, and those of certain sawflies.
Sluicing
- verb - draw through a sluice; "sluice water"
- irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth"
- pour as if from a sluice; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef"
- pouring from or as if from a sluice; "the sluicing rain"
- transport in or send down a sluice; "sluice logs"
Slumbers
- noun - a dormant or quiescent state
- a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; "he didn't get enough sleep last night"; "calm as a child in dreamless slumber"
- be asleep
Slumbery
- adjective - inclined to or marked by drowsiness; "slumberous (or slumbrous) eyes"; "`slumbery' is archaic"; "the sound had a somnolent effect"
Slumlord
- unknown - Derogatory term for landlord of slum property
Slumming
- verb - spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive; "attending a motion picture show by the upper class was considered sluming in the early 20th century"
Slumping
- verb - assume a drooping posture or carriage
- fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off"
- fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank"
- go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped"