slog

¹slog

verb \ˈsläg\

sloggedslog·ging

Definition of SLOG

transitive verb

1

: to hit hard : beat

2

: to plod (one's way) perseveringly especially against difficulty

intransitive verb

1

: to plod heavily : tramp <slogged through the snow>

2

: to work hard and steadily : plug

— slog·ger noun

Examples of SLOG

1. He slogged away at the paperwork all day.
2. She slogged through her work.
3. She slogged her way through her work.
4. We've been slogging along for hours.
5. He slogged through the deep snow.
6. They slogged their way through the snow.

Origin of SLOG

origin unknown

First Known Use: 1824

Related to SLOG

Synonyms

bang, bash, bat, belt, biff, bludgeon, bob, bonk, bop, box, bust, clap, clip, clobber, clock, clout, crack, hammer, knock, nail, paste, pound, punch, rap, slam, slap, hit, slug, smack, smite, sock, strike, swat, swipe, tag, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, whale, zap

Antonyms

breeze, coast, glide, slide, waltz, whisk

Related Words

batter, beat, buffet, bung, chop, cuff, drub, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lick, mangle, maul, pelt, pepper, pommel, pummel, rough; scuff; bunt, flick, stroke, tap; bump, butt, jab, jostle, kick, knee, poke, prod, push, shove, stamp; bowl (down or over), cream, deck, dump [slang], fell, floor, knock down, level; rabbit-punch, sucker punch; cane, club, cudgel, flail, flog, lash, sap, slash, sledge, sledgehammer, spear, stab, switch, thrash, whip; bean, brain, conk, skull

Near Antonyms

break, ease (up), let up, slacken; bum, chill, dally, dillydally, footle, goldbrick, goof (off), hack (around), hang (around or out), idle, laze, loaf, lounge, shirk, slack (off), veg out; bask, loll, relax, repose, rest, unwind; dabble, doodle, fool around, fribble, goof (around), hang, hang about [British], mess around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle

Rhymes with SLOG

blog, bog, clog, cog, flog, fog, frog, grog, hog, jog, log, nog, Prague, prog, quag, shog, smog, tog

²slog

noun

Definition of SLOG

1

a : hard persistent work <the endless enervating slog of war — Michael Gorra>

b : a prolonged arduous task or effort <reform will be a hard political slog — M. S. Forbes>

2

: a hard dogged march or journey

Examples of SLOG

1. It will be a long, hard slog before everything is back to normal.
2. It was a long slog up the mountain.

First Known Use of SLOG

1888