slog

American  

[slog] / slɒg /

verb (used with object)

• slogs,
  present (3rd person singular)
• slogged,
  past participle,  past
• slogging
  present participle

1. to hit hard, as in boxing or cricket; slug.

2. to drive with blows.

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verb (used without object)

• slogs,
  present (3rd person singular)
• slogged,
  past participle,  past
• slogging
  present participle

1. to deal heavy blows.

2. to walk or plod heavily.

3. to toil.

noun

• slogs
  plural

1. a long, tiring walk or march.

2. long, laborious work.

3. a heavy blow.

slog British  

/ slɒɡ /

verb

1. to hit with heavy blows, as in boxing

2. (intr) to work hard; toil

3. (intr; foll by down, up, along, etc) to move with difficulty; plod

4. cricket to score freely by taking large swipes at the ball

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noun

1. a tiring hike or walk

2. long exhausting work

3. a heavy blow or swipe

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• slogger
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• slogs
  plural

Participles

• slogging
  present
• slogged
  past

Conjugated Forms

Present

• slog
  simple
• slogs
  simple
• have slogged
  perfect
• has slogged
  perfect
• am slogging
  progressive
• are slogging
  progressive
• is slogging
  progressive
• have been slogging
  perfect progressive
• has been slogging
  perfect progressive

Past

• slogged
  simple
• had slogged
  perfect
• was slogging
  progressive
• were slogging
  progressive
• had been slogging
  perfect progressive

Future

• will slog
  simple
• will have slogged
  perfect
• will be slogging
  progressive
• will have been slogging
  perfect progressive

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Etymology

Origin of slog

First recorded in 1850–55; variant of slug ²

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Explanation

When you slog, you toil at something, working hard and often slowly to get a difficult job done. You might slog with your shovel through the pile of snow in your driveway. A worker might slog through a pile of papers on her desk, or slog long and hard on a construction crew. In either case, the job requires persistence and determination. Another way to slog is to walk with difficulty, the way someone might slog along a muddy road to the gas station after getting a flat tire. The original meaning of slog was "hit hard," possibly as a variation of slug.

Example Sentences

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The next evening, Cohn made the long slog back out to 2001 Odyssey, but the young man had disappeared.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

Now, the end of 2026, a year that was expected to launch the market’s recovery, is likely to be a slog.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Lampard acknowledged his players must have thick skins to come through the slog of a Premier League season.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

The company’s most recent financial report to investors, however, showed slumping sales in its North American foods segment, as the consumer slog against inflation continued.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

He stopped again, the other miners passing us by at a hard slog, the shift-change hour approaching.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Jordan said in an interview that he intended to closely focus on Domino’s operations as the pizza sector slogs through years of anemic growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Nevertheless, it is important to remember that this isn’t yet a foregone conclusion by any means—and that there are multiple uphill slogs ahead for PSWBD.

From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2026

His first runs came off the inside edge but afterwards he cleanly struck another nine fours and three sixes as he targeted the leg side without resorting to slogs.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2025

His relentless pressure has keyed a defense that’s carrying the two-time defending conference champions while their offense slogs along.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2023

The entire procession slogs past at little more than walking speed.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Last year, the Chargers used the identical 22nd pick on North Carolina running back Omarion Hampton, who showed flashes of promise as a rookie but also slogged through an injury-plagued season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

At the close of one of the most historic, significant and surreal days in English cricketing history, the home side had slogged their way to 103-4 in a chase of a fanciful 373.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

Musk says he slogged through “production hell” in 2017 and nearly ran out of money as Tesla struggled to mass-produce its new Model 3 sedan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026

Brook was fortunate to survive on 45 when he slogged Starc and the ball dropped between three chasing fielders.

From Barron's ● Jan. 4, 2026

The fight slogged on, requiring more people, more money, more planes and technology.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

These so-called ghost jobs are a longtime source of frustration and anguish for people slogging through an increasingly anonymous and impersonal job-search process.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Another former major winner is currently slogging through a longer road back.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

The experienced leg-spinner's googly may have been well studied by opposition batters, but it remains a potent weapon, as Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka discovered when he was trapped lbw slogging to leg.

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026

Instead of slogging through full meals every Sunday only to stare at sad leftovers by Thursday, I now do a quarterly Big Prep Day.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2025

Never would anyone have believed that merely a few short years before I had been living with my family over on the other side of the river—me, the very self-same Rachel, slogging through the filth!

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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