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Meanings of slog in English

Catalan
caminar de puntetes

Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud.

caminar de puntetes
Spanish
trabajar duramente

Work doggedly or persistently.

trabajar duramente

Strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat.

Usage of slog in English
1
It means everyone involved questioning whether the hard slog is worth it.
The Irish Times
2
So how come cycling in Ireland is still such a hard slog?
The Irish Times
3
He always judges how good a team is by that 38-game slog.
The Guardian
4
It was a slog; I began before iTunes, using its precursor SoundJam.
The Guardian
5
As I write that Trott tries a slog-sweep, but no damage done.
The Guardian
6
I hadn't run in weeks and the first mile was a slog.
Bones of the Lost
7
This is in part why January feels like such an utter slog.
The Irish Times
8
That rendered the game's remainder into a slog to the final horn.
Reuters
9
Then, as the horses made their last slog to the rail, Whoa!
Speaks the Nightbird
10
Could England then reasonably drop him for the loadsamoney slog on Saturday?
The Guardian
11
What had seemed scientifically straightforward had turned into a lonely, multi-year slog.
Wired
12
You've got to slog like blazes, if you want to get on.
Anne Severn and the Fieldings
13
The slog of it all is starting to properly kick in now.
The Irish Times
14
Still, this unpretentious film faces a tough slog in jaded European markets.
Reuters
15
Who'd want to slog through hundreds of file libraries looking for something?
Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet
16
The response from Republicans, however, signaled a potentially long slog ahead.
Reuters
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Translations for slog
Slog through the time
Slog across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common
United Kingdom
Less common