slog

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slog

/slɒɡ/ UK
/slɑɡ/ US

Rhymes with -ɒɡ

Where it comes from

Probably a variation of slug (“to hit very hard”) or slough.

Possibly related to slag, seen in the North Germanic languages, in association with the third verb and second noun definition.

noun slogs

Australia, Canada, UK, countable, uncountable A long, tedious walk or march.
Australia, Canada, UK, broadly, countable, uncountable A hard, persistent effort, session of work, or period. It is as if Mr. Faulks had bled his own prose white, draining it of emotion in order to capture the endless enervating slog of war.
countable A book or other media that is difficult to get through due to dullness, density, or lack of narrative momentum.
countable An aggressive shot played with little skill.

verb slogs · slogging · slogged

intransitive To walk slowly or doggedly, encountering resistance. The leading engine was one of the Class Y6 2-8-8-2 compound articulateds, [...] The stack noise of one of these great brutes slogging up a grade was quite unforgettable.
Similar: ambulate, navigate, pedestrianize, raik
broadly, intransitive To work slowly and deliberately at a tedious task.
To strike something with a heavy blow, especially a ball with a bat. It was like being slogged by a heavyweight boxer.

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noun hard persistent effort, session of work

Deutsch	Schufterei

noun Translations

Español	tráfago

verb to walk slowly, encountering resistance

Deutsch	schleppen, quälen, schleppend bewegen
Italiano	arrancare, camminare a fatica
Русский	идти́ impf с трудом s

verb to work slowly and deliberately at a tedious task

Español	pencar
Deutsch	schuften, plagen, abmühen, abplagen
Русский	вка́лывать vkályvatʹ

verb to strike something with a heavy blow, especially a ball with a bat

Deutsch	verprügeln, prügeln

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@misc{slog_2026,
  title = {slog},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/slog},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}