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slog::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | keep one's nose to the grindstone, keep one's shoulder to the wheel, peg away, plug away |
| Type of | work |
| Derivation | slogger |
Examples of slog
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The garbagemen are slowed to a slog and must scramble over chest-high snowbanks.
From the timesunion.com
Maybe that next slog down Interstate 95 for spring break won't seem so daunting.
From the washingtonpost.com
The alternative course, and the one he put forward this week, is to slog it out.
From the economist.com
The rich world, burdened by debt and high unemployment, faces a long, hard slog.
From the economist.com
For Taiwanese businesspeople living in China, trips home can be a full-day slog.
From the time.com
West Virginia had to slog its way to victory in a 27-10 win on the road in 2006.
From the philly.com
And though all the items on that list of chores matter, all require a long slog.
From the economist.com
It seems there's a never-ending slog of exhortations to buy, buy, buy some more.
From the forbes.com
This game is much more exciting than the slog that was Japan-Paraguay last week.
From the goal.blogs.nytimes.com
- Plug away: work doggedly or persistently; "She keeps plugging away at her dissertation"
- Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"
- Slug: strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat; "He slugged me so hard that I passed out"
- Slog refers to a type of shot in many forms of cricket where the batsman attempts to hit the ball as far as possible with the aim to hit a six or at the least a four. ...
- A long, tedious walk, or session of work; An aggressive shot played with little skill; To walk slowly, encountering resistance; To work slowly and deliberately (overcoming significant boredom); To strike something with a heavy blow, especially a ball with a bat
- (Slogging) a term used to describe sub-planing riding which happens when the power in the kite is not sufficient to get your board up on top of the water.Originally a windsurfing term.
- (Slogging) moving along slowly with the board not fully planing.
- Slog has black fur, a orange shirt, and a bird like beak.
- Used to describe a shot which is not in the coaching book
