slog

Plural: slogs

Verb

Verb Forms: slogged, slogging, slogs

• To work hard and steadily; to hit hard, especially in sports.
• work doggedly or persistently
• walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
• strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat
• To walk slowly or doggedly, encountering resistance.
• To work slowly and deliberately at a tedious task.
• To strike something with a heavy blow, especially a ball with a bat.

Noun

• A long, tedious walk or march.
• A hard, persistent effort, session of work, or period.
• A book or other media that is difficult to get through due to dullness, density, or lack of narrative momentum.
• An aggressive shot played with little skill.

Examples

• He had to slog through many bad tile draws before finally getting a bingo in Scrabble.

Synonyms

footslog, keep one's nose to the grindstone, keep one's shoulder to the wheel, pad, peg away, plod, plug away, slug, swig, tramp, trudge, ambulate, pedestrianize, raik

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