slog

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verb

slogged; slogging

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
slogger noun

slog

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noun

1
a
: hard persistent work
the endless enervating slog of warMichael Gorra
b
: a prolonged arduous task or effort
reform will be a hard political slogM. S. Forbes
2
: a hard dogged march or journey

Examples of slog in a Sentence

Verb He slogged away at the paperwork all day. She slogged through her work. She slogged her way through her work. We've been slogging along for hours. He slogged through the deep snow. They slogged their way through the snow. Noun It will be a long, hard slog before everything is back to normal. It was a long slog up the mountain.
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Verb
Many outdoorsy folks will happily slog for hours toward outdoor fun, despite the fact that any number of adventure derailing smackdowns await us. Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2025 The Ravens' issues have been on defense, while the Chiefs offense has slogged through the season to this point. Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
The Grizzlies will lean on Jackson and the perennially questionable Morant, who has not played more than six consecutive games since March 2023 and has missed at least 20 games each of the last four seasons, and once again rely on superior depth to lift them through the slog of the regular season. John Hollinger, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025 The constellation of so many elements at the time looked to some critics like evidence that the film was just a tired slog through the usual clichés. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for slog

Word History

Etymology

Verb

origin unknown

First Known Use

Verb

1824, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Noun

1888, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of slog was in 1824

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Cite this Entry

“Slog.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slog. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

Kids Definition

slog

verb
ˈsläg
slogged; slogging
1
: to hit hard : beat
2
: to work in a steady determined manner
slogger noun

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