- slog
- slog1 [slɔg US sla:g] v past tense and past participle slogged present participle slogging [i]informal1.) to work hard at something without stopping, especially when the work is difficult, tiring, or boring▪ Mother slogged all her life for us.slog away▪ After a day slogging away at work, I need to relax.slog through▪ You just have to sit down and slog through long lists of new vocabulary.2.) [always + adverb/preposition]to make a long hard journey somewhere, especially on foot▪ He's been slogging round the streets delivering catalogues.slog your way through/round etc sth▪ He started to slog his way up the hill.3.) slog it outBrE to fight, compete, or argue about something until one side wins▪ The teams will be slogging it out on Saturday.slog 2slog2 n1.) [singular, U] BrE informal a piece of work that takes a lot of time and effort and is usually boring▪ It'll be a slog, but I know we can do it.▪ months of hard slog2.) [singular]a long period of tiring walking▪ a long hard slog uphill
Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.