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slog

Pronunciation: /slɒg/
informal
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Definition of slog

verb (slogs, slogging, slogged)

  • 1 [no object] work hard over a period of time:they were slogging away to meet a deadline
  • [with adverbial of direction] walk or move with difficulty or effort:I slogged through the heather in the heat
  • 2 [with object] 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
  • (slog it out) British fight or compete fiercely:they’ll be slogging it out in the first round of the cup next Sunday

noun

  • 1 [usually in singular] a spell of difficult, tiring work or travelling:it would be a hard slog back to the camp [mass noun]:it wasn’t all slog during those years
  • 2a forceful and uncontrolled hit, especially in cricket:a slog hit the fielder on the helmet

Derivatives

slogger

noun

Origin:

early 19th century: of unknown origin; compare with slug2

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