slog

[ slog ]

/ slɒg /

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verb (used with object), slogged, slog·ging.

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

to drive with blows.

verb (used without object), slogged, slog·ging.

to deal heavy blows.

to walk or plod heavily.

to toil.

noun

a long, tiring walk or march.

long, laborious work.

a heavy blow.

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Origin of slog

First recorded in 1850–55; variant of slug²

Related formsslog·ger, noun

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Examples from the Web for slogging

They and their men were surprised but not disconcerted, and stood desperately to a slogging match at the closest quarters.
The Great Boer War|Arthur Conan Doyle
Once this slogging labor was under way Jason turned his attention to the crude mechanism that they were powering.
The Ethical Engineer|Henry Maxwell Dempsey
Her heart seemed by its slogging beat to be urging some argument upon her.
The Judge|Rebecca West
Slogging at the heavy trawls and afterward dressing the catch was too plebeian a business for the son of a millionaire.
Jim Spurling, Fisherman|Albert Walter Tolman

He'd have to do it every day after, that was certain, and Sturton might invite Harvey to give him a slogging.
King of Ranleigh|F. S. (Frederick Sadlier) Brereton

British Dictionary definitions for slogging

slog

/ (slɒɡ) /

verb slogs, slogging or slogged

to hit with heavy blows, as in boxing

(intr) to work hard; toil

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

cricket to score freely by taking large swipes at the ball

noun

a tiring hike or walk

long exhausting work

a heavy blow or swipe

Derived Formsslogger, noun

Word Origin for slog

C19: of unknown origin

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Word Origin and History for slogging

slog

1824, "hit hard," probably a variant of slug (v.3) "to strike." Sense of "walk doggedly" first recorded 1872. Related: Slogged; slogger; slogging.

slog

1846, "a hard hit," from slog (v.). Sense of "spell of hard work" is from 1888.

slog

verb (used with object), slogged, slog·ging.

verb (used without object), slogged, slog·ging.

noun

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