Slugger

Definition: Slugger

Slugger

Noun

1. A ballplayer who is batting.

2. A boxer noted for an ability to deliver hard punches.

Date "slugger" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1906. (references)

Specialty Definition: Slugger

Domain	Definition
Mining	A tooth on a roll-type rock crusher. (references)
Occupations	Strings fish netting to meter lines or ropes to form gill or pound nets, using needles and thread or twine, using either of following methods: Ties seaming twine or thread to end of meter line or rope. (1) Runs twine through outside meshes of netting, and over and under meter line to string gill net, using needles. (2) Draws shuttle-type wooden needle through successive meshes of netting, brings needle over and under rope at specified distance, and makes half hitch to fasten twine to rope. May be designated according to type of net strung as Gill-Net Stringer (tex. prod., nec); Webbing Seamer, Pound Net (tex. prod., nec). (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Slugger

Synonyms: batsman (n), batter (n), hitter (n), slogger (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Slugger

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	And this Louisville slugger will knock you out! (Sanford and Son; writing credit: Earl Barret; Ted Bergman)
Lyrics	Gun slugger shoot �em up (Son Of A Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You); performing artist: Janet Jackson)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Slugger

Domain	Title
Books	Crack of the Bat: The Louisville Slugger Story (reference) My Grandma, Major League Slugger (Zack Files, 24) (reference) The Pizza Pie Slugger (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Slugger (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods	Skil 6443 1/2" Slugger Hammer Drill (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Slugger

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Usage Frequency: Slugger

"Slugger" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Slugger" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	50%	2	245,945
Lexical Verb (base form)	25%	1	339,140
Noun (singular)	25%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	4	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Slugger

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
louisville slugger	1,087	louisville slugger genesis	8
louisville slugger bat	211	louisville machine pitching slugger	8
louisville slugger museum	102	louisville slugger all american	7
louisville slugger baseball bat	76	louisville slugger bat bag	7
louisville slugger baseball bat wood	49	louisville slugger wooden bat	7
louisville slugger wood bat	32	air louisville response slugger	7
slugger	30	louisville slugger fastpitch bat	7
louisville slugger baseball gloves	29	fest slugger	7
louisville slugger.com	28	mel slugger	6
louisville slugger softball bat	27	lousiville slugger	6
field louisville slugger	26	louiville slugger	6
louisville slugger gloves	18	bag locker louisville slugger	6
baseball bat louisville maple slugger	18	museum slugger	5
bat louisville maple slugger	18	23 louisville slugger	5
tpx louisville slugger	16	louisville slugger softball	5
ash bat louisville slugger	16	louisville response slugger tpx	5
louisville slugger response	13	louisville slugger baseball	5
field slugger	10	gen1x louisville slugger	5
factory louisville slugger	9	company louisville slugger	5
louisville slugger tps	9	louiseville slugger	5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Slugger

Language		Translations for "slugger"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		重击手. (various references)

German		Schläger (basher, bat, batsman, batter, beater, club, fighter, mallet, paddle, puncher, Racket, rackets, racquet, rouge, roughneck, rowdies, ruffian, scrapper, stick, thug). (various references)

Greek		χτυπών όε Τη � υγμή. (various references)

Hungarian		keményöklű bokszoló, erősen ütő baseball-játékos. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		長距離�"者 (heavy hitter), 猛�"者 (heavy hitter), 強�"者 (heavy hitter), 一発屋 (power hitter). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		きょう� しゃ (heavy hitter), いっぱつや (power hitter), もう� しゃ (heavy hitter), ちょうきょり� しゃ (heavy hitter). (various references)

Pig Latin		uggerslay

Russian		игрок с сильным ударом. (various references)

Turkish		Sert Vuran Oyuncu, Yumruğu Sert Boksör. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Slugger

Derivations
	Words beginning with "slugger": sluggers. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Slugger" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: clubgoer, Saluggia, Seliger, slager, slagger, slaggier, slogger, sluge, slugge, sluggen, slurger, sugge, sulge. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Slugger"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "slugger" (pronounced slu"ger)
3	-u" g er	bugger, hugger, mugger.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Slugger

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: gurgles, luggers.
	Words within the letters "e-g-g-l-r-s-u"
	-1 letter: gluers, gruels, gurges, gurgle, lugers, lugger.
	-2 letters: gluer, glues, glugs, gruel, grues, gules, gurge, luger, luges, lures, rules, surge, urges.
	-3 letters: eggs, ergs, gels, gleg, glue, glug, grue, guls, legs, lues, luge, lugs, lure, regs, rues, rugs, rule, ruse, slue, slug, slur, suer, sure, urge, user.
	-4 letters: egg, els, erg, ers, gel, gul, leg.
	Words containing the letters "e-g-g-l-r-s-u"
	+1 letter: gurglets, jugglers, pluggers, sluggers, smuggler, struggle.
	+2 letters: gruelings, rejuggles, roughlegs, smugglers, struggled, struggler, struggles.
	+3 letters: gorgeously, gruellings, gunslinger, juggleries, squigglier, strugglers.
	+4 letters: bulldoggers, egregiously, gunslingers, skulduggery.
	+5 letters: gregariously, skullduggery, slaughtering, sluggardness, sparkplugged.
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