footslog
footslog noun: an instance of footslogging.
Noun
footslog (plural footslogs)
- An instance of footslogging.
- ... which had resulted in a number of the older and weaker felons being weeded out in view of the prospective rigours of a lengthy footslog to Siberia.1998, Richard John Evans, Tales from the German Underworld: Crime and Punishment in the Nineteenth Century
- My lovely ramble through the bright woods, as I had been fooling myself, gave itself over to the sober truth: became a slippery footslog through the gloom, ...2001, Molly Gloss, Wild Life
Verb
footslog (third-person singular simple present footslogs, present participle footslogging, simple past and past participle footslogged)
- to walk heavily over a long distance or in a weary manner; to trudge
- Romans, cursing in full armour, had to fight and footslog two thousand miles overland to Britain.1967, John David Stewart, Gibraltar: The Keystone
- The bush is too thick. We will have to footslog up the side.1996, Wilbur A. Smith, The Seventh Scroll
Forms of footslog
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | footslogs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | footslogs |
| present participle | footslogging |
| past participle | footslogged |
| past | footslogged |
Origin of footslog
From foot + slog.
Questions about footslog
- What does footslog mean?
- Footslog means an instance of footslogging.
- What part of speech is footslog?
- Footslog can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of footslog?
- The plural of footslog is footslogs.
Words near footslog in the dictionary
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