1
as in hitting
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
the two boxers were so exhausted they just slogged each other indiscriminately
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2
as in laboring
to devote serious and sustained effort
slogging their way through a pile of paperwork
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3
as in pounding
to strike repeatedly
the feisty woman was still slogging her would-be attacker when the police arrived
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4
as in shuffling
to move heavily or clumsily
Gramps never tired of telling how he had to slog through the snow in order to get to school
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Recent Examples of slogging
Players spending too much time in Atlanta taking in the late-night scene then slogging through a game with the Hawks.
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Jason Jones, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
For ski bums looking to hit the Colorado slopes without slogging through I-70 traffic, there’s no better destination than Winter Park.
—Sarah Cahalan, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2026
So, is California’s unemployment market slogging along or flopping into a quagmire of job cuts?
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 4 Mar. 2026
So what's the worst part of slogging your keister around?
—Outside Online, 18 Feb. 2026
Series creator and writer Chris Chibnall (Broadchurch, Doctor Who) has wisely chosen to emphasize the emotional hangover so many families were slogging their way through in 1925.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2026
To those who aren’t themselves slogging through the dating apps, the fact that more potential partners makes things harder might seem counterintuitive.
—Judd B. Kessler, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2025
Now, instead of slogging onward with no sense of progress, job seekers can build on small but necessary achievements to gain some glide.
—Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 22 Nov. 2025
From 2020 through 2025, Miami finished in the bottom four in pace every season, slogging through games in the half-court.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 21 Nov. 2025
Jason Jones, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
For ski bums looking to hit the Colorado slopes without slogging through I-70 traffic, there’s no better destination than Winter Park.
—Sarah Cahalan, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2026
So, is California’s unemployment market slogging along or flopping into a quagmire of job cuts?
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 4 Mar. 2026
So what's the worst part of slogging your keister around?
—Outside Online, 18 Feb. 2026
Series creator and writer Chris Chibnall (Broadchurch, Doctor Who) has wisely chosen to emphasize the emotional hangover so many families were slogging their way through in 1925.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2026
To those who aren’t themselves slogging through the dating apps, the fact that more potential partners makes things harder might seem counterintuitive.
—Judd B. Kessler, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2025
Now, instead of slogging onward with no sense of progress, job seekers can build on small but necessary achievements to gain some glide.
—Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 22 Nov. 2025
From 2020 through 2025, Miami finished in the bottom four in pace every season, slogging through games in the half-court.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 21 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slogging
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Shannon scored 29 points in the second half, hitting five of seven 3-point shots.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Dodgers hitting coach Robert Van Scoyoc said Pages has become one of the team’s most regular users of the Trajekt machine – and Skenes is a frequent visitor.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
9 Apr. 2026
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Put differently, eliminating tax on overtime reduces the number of hours each day that hourly workers are laboring not for themselves or their families but for the government.—
Stephen Moore,
Boston Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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The difference early was that Keller was throwing strikes at an astonishing rate and quickly working through his innings, while King was laboring.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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Tornado sirens, cell phone alerts, high winds and pounding rain woke up Michigan residents as severe weather pushed through the state overnight Tuesday.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Visitors can enjoy heart-pounding adventures like zip lining through the forest canopy, rock climbing on the gorge’s steep cliffs, and whitewater rafting on the New River’s epic Class I to V rapids.—
Jordan Charbonneau,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Apr. 2026
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The Bruins are shuffling off to Buffalo.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
15 Apr. 2026
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The Philadelphia Phillies are shuffling up the bullpen by sending Seth Johnson back to Triple-A Lehigh Valley and recalling Chase Shugart from the IronPigs.—
Tom Dougherty,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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But there’s more to at-home extensions than slapping them on the crown of your head and heading out the door.—
Hunter Lacey,
Allure,
9 Apr. 2026
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That means going beyond slapping a flag on packaging in November.—
Peter Su,
Rolling Stone,
1 Apr. 2026
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Dave Walton, a corn, soybean, and hay farmer in Iowa and vice president of the American Soybean Association, said in March that some of his neighbors didn’t have cash on hand last fall to buy fertilizer and were struggling to budget for fertilizer due to high prices.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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But even a young woman struggling with the patriarchal conundrum of cool-girl syndrome (to be independent and accepted) might reveal more of a snappish turn of mind than Grace does.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
12 Apr. 2026
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Both have walked away from battles licking their wounds.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
5 Apr. 2026
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Five caribou stood licking at the stain.—
Frank Glaser,
Outdoor Life,
1 Apr. 2026
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Lina cried out, stumbling backward.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Unlike the blue plaques affixed to residences in London, which indicate where notable figures once lived, or the Stolpersteine (or stumbling stones) embedded in the sidewalks of German cities to mark the former homes of Holocaust victims, Bucharest’s red disks are not commemorative but predictive.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Slogging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slogging. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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