Slug (disambiguation)

A slug is a gastropod mollusk without a shell or with a very small internal shell.

Slug or slugs may also refer to:

Objects

 * Slug (coin), a counterfeit coin
 * Slug (projectile), a solid ballistic projectile
 * Slug (railroad), an accessory to a diesel-electric locomotive
 * Slug or blank, a piece of bar stock ready to be machined into a finished part

Publishing

 * Slug (publishing), a short name given in newspaper editing to articles that are in production
 * Slug (typesetting), a piece of spacing material used in typesetting to space paragraphs
 * Slug (web publishing), a user- and SEO-friendly short text used in a URL to identify and describe a resource

Fictional characters

 * Slug (comics), a villain in the Marvel Comics universe
 * Lord Slug, the main antagonist of the fourth Dragon Ball Z movie

Films

 * Slugs (1988 film), based on the Shaun Hutson novel
 * Slugs (2004 film), German film

Groups

 * Slug (American band), an American noise rock band
 * Slug (British band), a British art-rock band
 * Slugs, the backing group of Doug and the Slugs, a Canadian pop music group

Songs

 * "Slug" (song), a 1995 song by Passengers (U2 and Brian Eno)
 * "Slug", a bonus song on the 1990 compilation album All the Stuff (And More) Volume Two by The Ramones

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

 * SLUG Magazine, Salt Lake Under Ground magazine
 * Slugs (novel), a 1982 novel by Shaun Hutson
 * The Slug, a pop culture blog for the defunct web portal asap

Science and technology

 * Slug (unit), a unit of mass in the Imperial system
 * Grex (biology), an aggregation of amoebae
 * Slug, a nickname for the Linksys NSLU2
 * Slugs (autopilot system), an open-source autopilot system oriented toward inexpensive autonomous aircraft
 * SNAI2, a transcription factor in humans

Sports

 * Slug, another name for Chinese handball
 * Slugs, a nickname of the Buffalo Sabres National Hockey League team - see List of ice hockey nicknames
 * Slugs, a nickname for the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs, the sports teams of the University of California, Santa Cruz

People

 * Slug (rapper), an underground rapper best known as a member of the hip-hop group Atmosphere
 * Ray Jordon (1937–2012), Australian cricketer, nicknamed Slug
 * Steve Russell (computer scientist) (born 1937), American computer scientist, creator of the early video game Spacewar!, nicknamed Slug
 * Casimir Witucki (1928–2015), American National Football League player, nicknamed Slug

Other uses

 * "Slug road", a colloquial name for the A957 roadway in eastern Scotland, UK
 * Slug, a synonym for punch (combat)
 * The Slug, a derogatory nickname for The Cloud, Auckland, a multi-purpose event venue in Auckland, New Zealand
 * The Slug, another name for the Sunbeam 1000 hp land speed record car known as Mystery