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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
              Synonyms
              Examples for "pad"
              Examples for "pad"
              1
              Would that work? Eric held a pen over a pad of paper.
              Dead air
              2
              Reporters will, however, only have a pen and pad to work on.
              Reuters
              3
              Forty-five years ago, Rione said, her eyes on her data pad again.
              Beyond The Frontier: Guardian
              4
              That much is true, right? She eased the pad back to him.
              Raging Heat
              5
              Rae set aside the pad of paper and glanced at the clock.
              God's gift
              1
              Workers no longer tramp or cycle home but drive warm, smart cars.
              The Irish Times
              2
              Presently the heavy tramp of the patrol was heard in the street.
              The Golden Dog
              3
              The General rose, and once more his military tramp shook the gallery.
              Monsieur de Camors — Complete
              4
              At this instant the tramp of horses was heard in the courtyard.
              The Commission in Lunacy
              5
              He heard the tramp of a million feet in the great cities.
              New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904 / ...
              1
              As he turned to trudge back to the station house he said.
              The new yorker
              2
              It was a slow, painful trudge lower from there, Mr Capolingua said.
              News.com.au
              3
              Joel put his hands in his pockets and started to trudge home.
              Shadows in the twilight
              4
              Elsa permitted her broncho to trudge at the tail of the column.
              The Furnace of Gold
              5
              Others trudge from store to store until they find what they need.
              Reuters
              1
              So for the first three days we plod south and then eastward.
              Waiting for the Barbarians
              2
              As it was, he would have to plod along the muddy path.
              The hangman's daughter
              3
              There were muddy roads to plod through and treacherous sloughs to cross.
              The Eagle's Heart
              4
              If you are dull, remember the inch-worm, take courage, and plod away.
              Fifty-Two Story Talks to Boys and Girls
              5
              Finally it came to him, immensely remote, a rhythmic plod, plod, plod.
              The Devil's Garden
              1
              His father, Aime had long since been converted from the tradition of the tiresome footslog.
              The Irish Times

              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