slog

slog
slog1 [ slag ] verb INFORMAL
1. ) intransitive or transitive to work hard and for a long time doing something that is difficult or boring:
Most of the night was spent slogging away at the report.
I slogged my way through the first 200 pages before finally abandoning it.
2. ) intransitive or transitive slog up/through/along etc. to make a long and tiring trip somewhere, especially by walking:
The soldiers were slogging through the mud.
3. ) transitive to hit someone very hard, especially in boxing
slog your guts out INFORMAL
to work very hard
slog it out INFORMAL
to argue or fight about something until someone wins: SLUG IT OUT
slog
slog 2 [ slag ] noun INFORMAL
1. ) singular or uncount something that is difficult or boring and seems to take a long time:
Getting in shape doesn't have to be a hard slog.
2. ) singular a long and tiring walk:
a steep uphill slog

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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  • Slog — refers to a type of shot in many forms of cricket where the batsmen attempts to hit the ball as far as possible with the aim to hit a 6 or at the least a 4. It is an extremely dangerous shot to play since the ball is almost certainly going to be… …   Wikipedia

  • slog — s. v. hat, hotar, răzor. Trimis de siveco, 13.09.2007. Sursa: Sinonime  slog ( guri), s.n. – (Olt., Banat) Piatră, stîlp de hotar. sb. slog (Candrea), sl. slogŭ (Conev 42). Trimis de blaurb, 24.12.2008. Sursa: DER …   Dicționar Român

  • Slog — (sl[o^]g), v. t. & i. [Cf. {Slug}, v. t.] To hit hard, esp. with little attention to aim or the like, as in cricket or boxing; to slug. [Cant or Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Slog — (sl[o^]g), v. i. 1. to walk heavily; to plod; to walk through resisting terrain, as in mud. [PJC] 2. To work steadily and ploddingly; to toil. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • slog — slȍg m <N mn slògovi> DEFINICIJA 1. tisk. a. tekst ručno ili strojno priređen za tisak b. veličina i vrsta tiskarskih slova 2. glas ili skup glasova koji se osjeća kao izgovorna cjelina unutar jedne riječi; najmanja ritmička jedinica… …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • slog — ► VERB (slogged, slogging) 1) work hard over a period of time. 2) walk or move with difficulty or effort. 3) hit or strike forcefully. 4) (slog it out) fight or compete fiercely. ► NOUN …   English terms dictionary

  • slog — slog1 [släg] vt., vi. slogged, slogging [var. of SLUG4] to hit hard; slug slogger n. slog2 [släg] vt., vi. slogged, slogging [ME sluggen: see SLUGGARD] …   English World dictionary

  • slog — 1824, hit hard, probably variant of SLUG (Cf. slug) (3) to strike. Sense of walk doggedly first recorded 1872. Related: Slogged; slogging. Noun sense of hard work is from 1888 …   Etymology dictionary

  • slog — *strike, hit, smite, punch, slug, swat, clout, slap, cuff, box …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • slog — [v] plod bear down*, buckle down*, drag, drudge, flounder, grind, labor, lumber*, plough through*, plug, schlepp*, slave, stomp, sweat*, toil, tramp, trample, trudge; concepts 87,151 …   New thesaurus

  • slog — vb., præt. af slå, II …   Dansk ordbog

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