slog

6 definitions • 9 examples

to work hard over a long period, especially doing work that is difficult or boring:

I've been slogging away for days on this essay and I'm still not finished.

to travel or move with difficulty, for example through wet, sticky soil or snow, or when you are very tired:

Despite the rain, they slogged on for another six miles.

They slogged up the trail in the rain.

The soldiers slogged through mud.

to hit a ball hard and often in an uncontrolled way

a period of difficult or tiring effort:

This semester was a long hard slog; I'm glad it's over.

That last hill before the finishing line was a long slog!

a very hard, and often uncontrolled hit:

And that was a real slog from Kumar.

to walk heavily and with difficulty, or to work hard on something difficult:

[ I ] I slogged through a mess of paperwork.

[ T ] We slogged our way through the mud.