slogging

slog (slɒɡ)

—vb , slogs, slogging, slogged
1.	to hit with heavy blows, as in boxing
2.	(intr) to work hard; toil
3.	(intr; foll by down, up, along, etc) to move with difficulty; plod
4.	cricket to score freely by taking large swipes at the ball

—n
5.	a tiring hike or walk
6.	long exhausting work
7.	a heavy blow or swipe

[C19: of unknown origin]

'slogger

—n

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Word Origin & History

slog

1824, "hit hard," probably variant of slug (3) "to strike." Sense of "walk doggedly" first recorded 1872; noun sense of "hard work" is from 1888.

Example sentences

The true inwardness of these slogging matches is now common talk.

Maybe you picture workhorses slogging through the snow, a sleigh laden with

tree sap in tow.

With respect to prospects, you know, we're slogging ahead.

But her book is so detailed it can be slow slogging for readers who are not

environmental historians.

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"It might sound a paradoxical thing to say—for surely never has a generation of children occupied more sheer hours of parental time—but the truth is that we neglected you. We allowed you a charade of trivial freedoms in order to avoid making those impositions on you that are in the end both the training ground and proving ground for true independence. We pronounced you strong when you were still weak in order to avoid the struggles with you that would have fed your true strength. We proclaimed you sound when you were foolish in order to avoid taking part in the long, slow, slogging effort that is the only route to genuine maturity of mind and feeling. Thus, it was no small anomaly of your growing up that while you were the most indulged generation, you were also in many ways the most abandoned to your own meager devices by those into whose safe-keeping you had been given."

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