slog
A long, tedious walk or marchA long, tedious walk or march.
» It's going to be a long slog.
Das wird ein hartes Stück Arbeit. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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4 senses(Australia, Canada, UK, countable, uncountable)A long, tedious walk or march.
(Australia, Canada, UK, broadly, countable, uncountable)A hard, persistent effort, session of work, or period.
Schufterei
(countable)A book or other media that is difficult to get through due to dullness, density, or lack of narrative momentum.
(countable)An aggressive shot played with little skill.
Examples
5 sentencesIt's going to be a long slog.
deDas wird ein hartes Stück Arbeit. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
It’s kind of a slog at times.
We slogged all night to finish the project.
We can slog away all day at studying and still not learn anything.
It was a hard slog for Mary to raise her two children as a single parent.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Probably a variation of slug (“to hit very hard”) or slough.Probably a variation of slug (“to hit very hard”) or slough.
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Forms
plural: slogsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable