slugfest
/ˈslʌɡfɛst/noun
slugfest is spelled S-L-U-G-F-E-S-T: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 86,301st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, slugfest means “A baseball game in which many runs are scored, especially by home runs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of slugfest is slugfests.
How many letters and syllables are in slugfest?
| Letters | 8: S-L-U-G-F-E-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 86,301st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is slugfest?
Slugfest appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 86,301st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce slugfest?
- /ˈslʌɡfɛst/
Slugfest has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-slugfest.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of slugfest
- slugfests plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does slugfest mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
slangA baseball game in which many runs are scored, especially by home runs.
The game turned into a 15-9 slugfest.
- 2
slangA game or match in which heavy blows are exchanged.
The championship bout was a slugfest; both boxers were bloodied.
- 3
A tough, heated contest.
Lakers win slugfest over Clippers
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does slugfest come from?
Originally US, from slug (“to hit very hard”) + -fest.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).