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slog

UK /slɒɡ/US /slɑɡ/

noun 4
verb 3
forms 3
phrases 1

noun4

A long, tedious walk or march.
•
A hard, persistent effort, session of work, or period.
- It is as if Mr. Faulks had bled his own prose white, draining it of emotion in order to capture the endless enervating slog of war. — 1996
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.

verb3

•
To walk slowly or doggedly, encountering resistance.
- The leading engine was one of the Class Y6 2-8-8-2 compound articulateds, [...] The stack noise of one of these great brutes slogging up a grade was quite unforgettable. — 1961
To work slowly and deliberately at a tedious task.
•
To strike something with a heavy blow, especially a ball with a bat.
- It was like being slogged by a heavyweight boxer.

forms

slogged · slogging · slogs

Phrases with slog

slog away
to work hard at something, often for a long time and in a tedious or exhausting manner

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