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slog
slog
English
Noun
slog (plural slogs)
- (chiefly Britain and Canada) A long, tedious walk, or session of work.
- (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)
- 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.”
- 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)
- (by extension) To work slowly and deliberately (overcoming significant boredom).
- To strike something with a heavy blow, especially a ball with a bat.
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:walk
Translations
to walk slowly, encountering resistance
to work slowly and deliberately (overcoming significant boredom)
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to strike something with a heavy blow, especially a ball with a bat
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