slog

1. 1.

   work doggedly or persistently

   “She keeps plugging away at her dissertation”

   Synonymsplug awaypeg awaykeep one's nose to the grindstonekeep one's shoulder to the wheel

   Broaderwork
2. 2.

   walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud

   “Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone”

   Synonymsfootslogplodtrudgepadtramp

   Broaderwalk

   Narrowersquelch
3. 3.

   strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat

   “He slugged me so hard that I passed out”

   Synonymsslugswig

   Broaderhit

Other forms of slog

past tense or participle

slogged

present participle

slogging

third person

slogs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about slog

What does slog mean?

slog means "work doggedly or persistently". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in slog?

slog has 1 syllable: slog. In IPA it is /ˈslɑɡ/.

What is another word for slog?

Close synonyms include plug away, peg away, keep one's nose to the grindstone, keep one's shoulder to the wheel, footslog. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is slog a common word?

slog is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.