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

OTHER WORDS FROM slog

slogger, noun

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How to use slog in a sentence

So it’s a good thing that after that slog of an hour, the game opens up and reveals a gorgeously built world to discover.
‘Immortals: Fenyx Rising’ is a worthy adventure wavering between cringe and charm|Gene Park|November 30, 2020|Washington Post
While marathon conversations can be as exhausting as a slog up a mountain, they’ve also been a learning experience for us.
A Parent's Guide to Hiking with a Chatterbox|Ryan Van Bibber|November 7, 2020|Outside Online
After that it would be a slog—the prevailing northwesterlies would return to try and push her back.
A Death at Sea on the 'Row of Life'|Andrew Lewis|October 22, 2020|Outside Online
The chronic phase compels us to commit to the long slog of battle.
Thank You for the 7 PM Clapping, But Camaraderie Is Needed More Than Ever - Facts So Romantic|Ayala Danzig|October 5, 2020|Nautilus

Ideally, a passenger could use it to fly somewhere and skip the slog to a big airport, where long lines lead to crowded Boeing and Airbus interiors.
This weird-looking plane could someday be a fast, clean option for air travel|Rob Verger|September 28, 2020|Popular-Science
Did she face some tough slogging to reach her remarkable perch?
Don't Run Sarah!|Mark McKinnon|November 24, 2010|DAILY BEAST
"Easy does it, Potch," he remarked, watching the boy's steady slogging.
The Black Opal|Katharine Susannah Prichard
With a snarl of fury he cast his science to the winds, and rushed madly to slogging with both hands.
The Last Galley|Arthur Conan Doyle
They'd stop for a blow, and then they'd settle down to steady slogging to save their wind.
Uller Uprising|Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr
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
Somehow one felt that slogging away out in the dismal fields of war was the real thing to do.
Bullets & Billets|Bruce Bairnsfather

British Dictionary definitions for slog

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 forms of slog

slogger, noun

Word Origin for slog

C19: of unknown origin

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