Slog: Meaning, Definition, Synonyms

Used as verb:

Variations as verb: slog; 3rd person present: slogs; past tense: slogged; past participle: slogged; gerund or present participle: slogging

1. work hard over a period of time. e.g. "they were slogging away to meet a deadline"

Synonyms:

work hard, toil, labour, work one's fingers to the bone, work like a Trojan/dog, work day and night

exert oneself, keep at it, grind, slave, grub, plough, plod, peg, slog away, plug, put one's back into something, work one's guts out, work one's socks off, knock oneself out, sweat blood, kill oneself

graft, fag, bullock, drudge, travail, moil, vulgar slangwork one's balls/arse/nuts off, work one's ass/butt off

Opposite: skive, take it easy

Meaning 1. walk or move with difficulty or effort. e.g. "I slogged through the heather in the heat"

Synonyms:

trudge, tramp, traipse, toil, plod, trek, footslog, drag oneself, trog, yomp,schlep 

Meaning 2. hit (someone or something) forcefully and typically wildly, especially in boxing or cricket. e.g. "batsmen careering down the pitch to slog the ball up in the air"

BRITISH: fight or compete fiercely. e.g. "they'll be slogging it out in the first round of the cup next Sunday"

Used as noun:

Variations: noun: slog; plural noun: slogs

Meaning 1. a spell of difficult, tiring work or travelling. e.g. "it would be a hard slog back to the camp"

Synonyms as noun:

hard work, toil, toiling, labour, struggle, effort, exertion, grind, blood, sweat, and tears, drudgery

Herculean task, elbow grease, graft, (hard) yakka, travail, moil, trudge, tramp, traipse, plod, trek, footslog, traik, trog, yomp, schlep

Opposite: leisure, relaxation

Meaning 2. a forceful and uncontrolled hit, especially in cricket. e.g. "a slog hit the fielder on the helmet"

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Marathi Meaning:

खूप चालणे, (क्रिकेट) खूप जोरने टोलावणे, (मुष्टियुद्ध)खूप जोराने ठोसे लगावणे.

Hindi Meaning:

आगे बढ़ना, बड़े वेग से मारना, झपटकर चलना, बड़ा टूकड़ा, शक्तिशाली मार, बड़ा चोट, थकानेवाला काम, अंतिम ओवर

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