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BNC: 19442 COCA: 16121

slog

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
1 slog /ˈslɑːg/ verb
slogs; slogged; slogging
1 slog
/ˈslɑːg/
verb
slogs; slogged; slogging
Learner's definition of SLOG
always followed by a preposition or adverb informal
: to keep doing something even though it is difficult or boring : to work at something in a steady, determined way : plod埋头苦干
[no object]
[+ object]
: to walk slowly usually with heavy steps : plod艰难行进
[no object]
[+ object]

slog it out

British, informal
: to fight or compete until one side wins : to slug it out决出胜负

— slogger

noun, plural sloggers [count]
2 slog /ˈslɑːg/ noun
2 slog
/ˈslɑːg/
noun
Learner's definition of SLOG
[singular] informal
: a long period of hard work or effort艰苦的工作
: a long, difficult walk艰苦的跋涉
BNC: 19442 COCA: 16121

slog

1 of 2

verb

slogged; slogging

transitive verb

1
: to hit hard : beat
2
: to plod (one's way) perseveringly especially against difficulty

intransitive verb

1
: to plod heavily : tramp
slogged through the snow
2
: to work hard and steadily : plug
slogger noun

slog

2 of 2

noun

1
a
: hard persistent work
the endless enervating slog of war Michael Gorra
b
: a prolonged arduous task or effort
reform will be a hard political slog M. S. Forbes
2
: a hard dogged march or journey

Example Sentences

Verb He slogged away at the paperwork all day. She slogged through her work. She slogged her way through her work. We've been slogging along for hours. He slogged through the deep snow. They slogged their way through the snow. Noun It will be a long, hard slog before everything is back to normal. It was a long slog up the mountain. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
So this is a great way to gear out your alts without needing to slog through 48 more Solstice challenges. Paul Tassi, Forbes, 25 July 2022 Still, for the many of us, like myself, who slog through days and months filled with unbearable sadness or destabilizing mood disorders, the lack of a thoroughgoing solution is in itself despair-inducing. Daphne Merkin, The Atlantic, 10 July 2022 The film is positively loaded with scenes that should have a little more breathing room (in a couple instances, cuts happened immediately following important lines, as though Elvis couldn’t be bothered to slog through them). Jeff Ewing, Forbes, 24 June 2022 The trade-offs are even worse for super-commuters; in the US, roughly 10% of Americans slog through commutes of an hour or more each way. Sarah Todd, Quartz, 9 June 2022 Because most flu vaccines need about six months to slog through the production pipeline, vaccine strains are selected at the end of winter and injected into arms the next fall. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2022 Now visitors enter through the Sainsbury Wing and slog up the stairs to the Italian Renaissance rooms or down, down, down as deep as the deepest tube station to the temporary exhibition galleries. Brian T. Allen, National Review, 17 Feb. 2022 Some clematis literally jump out of the ground the spring after they are planted whereas others slog along, taking several years to gear up. oregonlive, 23 Jan. 2022 As with most negotiations, this one has the potential to slog on until close to Opening Day, by which time some casual fans will have lost interest. Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 1 Dec. 2021
Noun
And the elegant austerity of Zeller’s direction makes the outcome a given, which turns The Son into a punishing slog. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2022 The fighting has turned into a slog that has reduced neighborhoods to rubble and sent shock waves through the world economy. Bradford Betz, Fox News, 24 Aug. 2022 The fighting has turned into a slog that has reduced neighborhoods to rubble and sent shock waves through the world economy. Derek Gatopoulos And Inna Varenytsia, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2022 The fighting has turned into a slog that has reduced neighborhoods to rubble and sent shock waves through the world economy. Derek Gatopoulos And Inna Varenytsia, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Aug. 2022 Russia’s war on Ukraine wasn’t yet a month old and its blitzkrieg was already turning into a slog. Erin Prater, Fortune, 30 July 2022 As tens of thousands of train workers went on strike Tuesday in the biggest such action in three decades, the British commute turned into a slog for millions of people. William Booth, Washington Post, 21 June 2022 After 100 days, Russia’s war on Ukraine is turning into a bloody slog with no end in sight, causing mounting devastation in Ukraine and prolonged costs world-wide. Marcus Walker, WSJ, 3 June 2022 Much of the fighting has shifted to the Donbas but also has turned into a slog, with both sides fighting village-by-village. Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 17 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

origin unknown

First Known Use

Verb

1824, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Noun

1888, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of slog was in 1824
BNC: 19442 COCA: 16121

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