slog
To walk slowly or doggedly, encountering resistanceTo walk slowly or doggedly, encountering resistance.
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» It's going to be a long slog.
Das wird ein hartes Stück Arbeit. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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3 senses(intransitive)To walk slowly or doggedly, encountering resistance.
schleppen, quälen, schleppend bewegen
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(broadly, intransitive)To work slowly and deliberately at a tedious task.
schuften, plagen, abmühen
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To strike something with a heavy blow, especially a ball with a bat.
It was like being slogged by a heavyweight boxer.
verprügeln, prügeln
strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat
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
5 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 3
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
slogs, slogging, slogged, sloggedSynonyms
15 synonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.