footslog

[ foot-slog ]

verb (used without object)

, foot·slogged, foot·slog·ging.

1. to go on foot through or as if through mud.

footslog

/ ˈfʊtˌslɒɡ /

verb

1. intr to march; tramp

Derived Forms

• ˈfootˌslogger, noun

Other Words From

• footslogger noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of footslog¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; foot + slog

Example Sentences

The side missions extend the footslog as you toil to pry up more bits of precious story.

From Time

You already grasp exactly the sort of rock-rolling footslog you’re signing up for, though maybe a year or three or five away from the game was enough to bleed off any lingering longing to return.

From Time

Participants use social media and old-fashioned footslogging to get the message out.

From National Geographic

Mr. Thompson told The Lakeland Ledger in Florida in 1959 that the filmmakers “wanted it to be an authentic story of footslogging infantrymen during the last battle of the war.”

From New York Times

Instead, he chose to insist that his work was "immaculately factual", the dedicated work of remorseless, footslogging research.

From The Guardian

Related Words

• gallop
• plod
• ramble
• roam
• slog
• traipse
• trample
• trudge