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- Dictionaryslog/slɒɡ/
verb
- 1. work hard over a period of time: "they were slogging away to meet a deadline" Similar Opposite
- 2. hit (someone or something) forcefully and typically wildly, especially in boxing or cricket: "batsmen careering down the pitch to slog the ball up in the air"
noun
- 1. a spell of difficult, tiring work or travelling: "it would be a hard slog back to the camp" Similar Opposite
- 2. a forceful and uncontrolled hit, especially in cricket: informal British "a slog hit the fielder on the helmet"
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The meaning of SLOG is to hit hard : beat. How to use slog in a sentence. to hit hard : beat; to plod (one's way) perseveringly especially against difficulty; to plod heavily : tramp…
SLOG definition: 1. to work hard over a long period, especially doing work that is difficult or boring: 2. to…. Learn more.
When you slog, you toil at something, working hard and often slowly to get a difficult job done. You might slog with your shovel through the pile of snow in your driveway. A worker might slog through a pile of papers on her desk, or slog long and hard on a construction crew.
1. To make (one's way) with a slow heavy pace against resistance. 2. To strike with heavy blows. n. 1. A long exhausting march or hike: a slog through miles of jungle. 2. A long session of hard work: an 18-hour slog in the hay fields. [Perhaps alteration of slug.] slog′ger n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
If you describe a task as a slog, you mean that it is tiring and requires a lot of effort.
Slog definition: to hit hard, as in boxing or cricket; slug.. See examples of SLOG used in a sentence.
SLOG meaning: 1. to work hard over a long period, especially doing work that is difficult or boring: 2. to…. Learn more.
To make (one's way) with great effort; plod. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To work hard (at something); toil. Slogging away at her work. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To strike with heavy blows. American Heritage. Similar definitions. More Verb Definitions (1) Synonyms: tramp. pad. trudge. plod. footslog.
SLOG definition: 1. to move forward with difficulty: 2. a period of hard work: . Learn more.
[intransitive, transitive] to work hard and steadily at something, especially something that takes a long time and is boring or difficult. slog (away) (at something) He's been slogging away at that piece of music for weeks. slog (through something) The teacher made us slog through long lists of vocabulary. My mother slogged all her life for us.
