slog

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verb

ˈsläg 

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 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

Synonyms

Verb

• hit
• smack
• slap
• knock
• punch
• bang
• slam
• clap
• strike
• whack
• pound
• clip
• swipe
• crack
• bat

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.

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

What should be tight, punchy notes are slogging and muddied. —PC Magazine, 29 July 2025

Carlson slogging Carlson’s night overall was not good. —Sean Gentille, New York Times, 11 May 2025

Noun

And then the hard slog of diplomacy sputtered into gear, ultimately yielding very little. —Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2025

Think of the slog of walking through water in a swimming pool compared to the breeze of sauntering across an adjacent deck. —Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025

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

Phrases Containing slog

• slog it out

Rhymes for slog

• blog
• bog
• clog
• cog
• dog
• flog
• fog
• frog
• grog
• hog
• jog
• log

Kids Definition

slog

verb

ˈsläg

slogged; slogging

1

: to hit hard : beat

2

: to work in a steady determined manner

slogger noun