slog
Noun
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Noun
slog (plural slogs)
- (chiefly, British and Canada) A long, tedious walk, or session of work.
- (cricket) An aggressive shot played with little skill.
slog (slogs, present participle slogging; past and past participle slogged)
- To walk slowly, encountering resistance.
- 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)
- A miraculous desert rain. We slog, dripping, into As Safi, Jordan. We drive the sodden mules through wet streets. To the town’s only landmark. To the “Museum at the Lowest Place on Earth.”
- 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)
- (by extension) To work slowly and deliberately at a tedious task.
- To strike something with a heavy blow, especially a ball with a bat.
- See also Thesaurus:walk
- Italian: arrancare, camminare a fatica
- Russian: вка́лывать
- German: verprügeln
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