slog

[ slog ]

verb (used with object)

, slogged, slog·ging.

1. to hit hard, as in boxing or cricket; slug.
2. to drive with blows.

verb (used without object)

, slogged, slog·ging.

1. to deal heavy blows.
2. to walk or plod heavily.
3. to toil.

noun

1. a long, tiring walk or march.
2. long, laborious work.
3. a heavy blow.

slog

/ 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

noun

1. a tiring hike or walk
2. long exhausting work
3. a heavy blow or swipe

Derived Forms

• ˈslogger, noun

Other Words From

• slogger noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of slog¹

First recorded in 1850–55; variant of slug ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of slog¹

C19: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

Meanwhile, the New York Times, in a “news” article — I use that term very lightly and broadly — gave us their opinion about a “depressed and demoralized Democratic Party,” which has begun a “painful slog into a largely powerless future.”

From Salon

“The Idiot” is a nearly five-hour slog by a Polish-Russian contemporary of Shostakovich about another Dostoevsky outsider who succumbs to visions of grandeur.

From Los Angeles Times

Granted, candidates for leader run when they think it is their time – the opportunity may never come around again – but they also have to believe the often thankless slog of opposition is worth it, because turfing out the government is possible.

From BBC

For most of this slog of a football game, through the rain and the freezing lake wind, Lincoln Riley stuck stubbornly with his approach, throwing regularly into a driving rain, testing the nation’s No. 1 pass defense with his struggling quarterback.

From Los Angeles Times

The slog of the first half was history and all that mattered was now.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• lumber
• toil
• tramp
• trudge