Slogging
noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 1 An act or an instance of slogging or working laboriously.
"The heat of the fire, the steam which arose from the dampening water, the hard slogging at the white-hot metal of the links, and the continual pulling of lengths of chain, were calculated to put a test on the strongest of men, and often on hot summer days they had to be sent home, for the work became unbearable."
- 2 A beating or thrashing.
- 1 present participle and gerund of slog form-of, gerund, participle, present
"Erecting-shop work was always hard and slogging, so that at the end of a 9¾ hour day there were not many who felt inclined for much more physical activity."
Example
More examples"Erecting-shop work was always hard and slogging, so that at the end of a 9¾ hour day there were not many who felt inclined for much more physical activity."
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