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

Etymology

Origin of slog

First recorded in 1850–55; variant of slug ²

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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Securing the approval of California regulators — the deal’s final hurdle — has been a slog as federal officials gave Charter their consent months ago.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

Tune in to House of the Dragon: After a slog of a second season, HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel is back with a surprisingly enjoyable third season.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

The slog of the dragons: Fool me once, shame on you.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

That doesn’t save “Cape Fear” from being a 10-hour slog set to an imitation of Bernard Herrmann’s anxiety-inducing score, but it does lend a little intrigue to Antosca and Bardem’s interpretation of Max.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

Rain drenches us as we work our bodies and then slog around the running course.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

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

One thing for certain is that England's sweeps, reverse-sweeps, switch-hits, slogs and scoops befuddled the hosts in Hyderabad.

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2024

The overall quality was astonishingly high throughout, unlike multiple-overtime Stanley Cup playoff games that sometimes turn into play-it-safe slogs involving exhausted players and end when the puck caroms into the net off someone’s skate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2022

He slogs over through waist-high weeds to where the doe lays.

From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

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 gondola project has slogged through Metro since 2018.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2025

As she slogged through the downpour, it became harder and harder to track the horses.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 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

Her strike-rate was 180 but there was no slogging, just a succession of classical cricket shots executed to near-perfection.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2025

Twenty-eight minutes passed in painful succession, two top-10 teams slogging their way through the mud, when a frustrated JuJu Watkins took off toward the basket, desperate to finally see a shot fall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2025

All that Sunday morning we had been slogging away cleaning Carleton’s study, and then, just before lunch Carleton himself strode into the room and said, ‘You’ve had long enough.’

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl

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