slog

Etymology

Probably a variation of slug.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒɡ

Noun

slog (plural slogs)

1. (chiefly Britain and Canada) A long, tedious walk, or session of work.
   • 2018 November 14, Phil McNulty, “England 0-0 Brazil”, in BBC News‎:

     England's experimental line-up will have realised early on that this would be a long, hard slog against the multi-talented Brazilians with great strength in their starting line-up and on the bench.

2. (cricket) An aggressive shot played with little skill.

Verb

slog (third-person singular simple present slogs, present participle slogging, simple past and past participle slogged)

1. To walk slowly, encountering resistance.
   • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)

     A miraculous desert rain. We slog, dripping, into As Safi, Jordan. We drive the sodden mules through wet streets. To the town’s only landmark. To the “Museum at the Lowest Place on Earth.”

2. (by extension) To work slowly and deliberately (overcoming significant boredom).
3. To strike something with a heavy blow, especially a ball with a bat.

Anagrams

• -logs, Glos, logs

Verb

slog

1. past tense of slå

Noun

slȍg m (Cyrillic spelling сло̏г)

1. syllable
2. stack, pile

Verb

slog

1. past tense of slå.