slogger
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a word derived from
slog.
slogverb (used with object)to hit hard, as in boxing or cricket; slug.
Example Sentences
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Harry Brook should study Root's thirst for runs and ask himself why he is batting like a glorified slogger.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025
"He's not a slogger, is he? He's playing proper shots," was how Brook put it succinctly.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2025
But now he is a tubby slogger who just happens to have played one of the greatest innings in the history of ODI cricket.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 22, 2011
I like to think I can hit the ball hard but I don't like to see myself as a slogger.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2010
A slogger came in next, and made runs rather rapidly, but nothing much happened until the Fourth Officer’s third over.
From The Idler Magazine, Volume III, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various