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Slog

//slɒɡ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A long, tedious walk or march. Australia, British, Canada, countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A hard, persistent effort, session of work, or period. Australia, British, Canada, broadly, countable, uncountable

    "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."

  3. 3
    A book or other media that is difficult to get through due to dullness, density, or lack of narrative momentum. countable
  4. 4
    An aggressive shot played with little skill. countable
Verb
  1. 1
    To walk slowly or doggedly, encountering resistance. intransitive

    "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."

  2. 2
    strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat wordnet
  3. 3
    To work slowly and deliberately at a tedious task. broadly, intransitive
  4. 4
    walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud wordnet
  5. 5
    To strike something with a heavy blow, especially a ball with a bat.
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  1. 6
    work doggedly or persistently wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

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