slog
slog Lexical Profile
slog Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A spell of difficult, exhausting, or monotonous work or effort.
"Writing the final chapters of the dissertation was a real slog, but she finished on time."
A long, tiring, and laborious walk or march, especially over difficult terrain.
"It was a three-hour slog through knee-deep snow to reach the mountain cabin."
British A hard, swinging hit orwild stroke, especially of a ball in cricket.
"The batsman finished the over with a powerful slog over the midwicket boundary."
• verb
To work doggedly and persistently at a difficult, exhausting, or monotonous task.
"The accounting team had to slog through hundreds of pages of financial records before the audit."
To walk or move with heavy, slow, and laborious steps, especially through mud, snow, or rough terrain.
"The hikers continued to slog up the steep, muddy trail despite the pouring rain."
British To hit or strike forcibly and somewhat wildly (especially a cricket ball).
"Needing quick runs, the tailender tried to slog every delivery out of the ground."
• Rhymes for slog
Word Origin & Etymology
First recorded in the early 19th century, probably a variant of 'slug' (meaning to strike heavily or move sluggishly), which is of Scandinavian or Low German origin.