chiocciola — meaning in English

English meaning

• slug noun A soft-bodied, shell-less land mollusk related to the snail.
• snail noun A small, slow-moving mollusc with a spiral shell that it carries on its back.

Senses

chiocciola is used for these senses in English:

• at sign (computing) The symbol @, used in e-mail addresses to separate the user name from the domain name.
• slug Any of many gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell. [from early 18th c.]
• snail Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.

slug — full definition

1. noun A soft-bodied, shell-less land mollusk related to the snail.
2. noun A lazy, slow-moving person.
3. noun A bullet, or a solid metal projectile fired from a gun.
4. noun The short identifying phrase used at the end of a web address, or the working title editors give to a news story.
5. verb To hit someone hard, usually with a fist.

snail — full definition

1. noun A small, slow-moving mollusc with a spiral shell that it carries on its back.
2. noun Informally, a very slow-moving person.
3. verb To move at a very slow pace.

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