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slogged

slogged is the simple past and past participle of slog.

Meaning of slog

Verb

slog (third-person singular simple present slogs, present participle slogging, simple past and past participle slogged)

  1. (intransitive) To walk slowly or doggedly, encountering resistance.
    • The leading engine was one of the Class Y6 2-8-8-2 compound articulateds, [...] The stack noise of one of these great brutes slogging up a grade was quite unforgettable.1961 July, J. Geoffrey Todd, “Impressions of railroading in the United States: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 419
  2. (broadly, intransitive) To work slowly and deliberately at a tedious task.
  3. To strike something with a heavy blow, especially a ball with a bat.
    • It was like being slogged by a heavyweight boxer.

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Phrases with slogged

Questions about slogged

What is slogged the simple past and past participle of?
Slogged is the simple past and past participle of slog.

Words near slogged in the dictionary

  1. sloganizings
  2. sloganless
  3. slogans
  4. slogfest
  5. slogfests
  6. slogged
  7. slogged away
  8. slogged one's guts out
  9. slogger
  10. sloggers
  11. slogginess

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