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slogging

slogging is the present participle and gerund of slog.

Noun

slogging (plural sloggings)

  1. An act or an instance of slogging or working laboriously.
    • The heat of the fire, the steam which arose from the dampening water, the hard slogging at the white-hot metal of the links, and the continual pulling of lengths of chain, were calculated to put a test on the strongest of men, and often on hot summer days they had to be sent home, for the work...1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 14
    • Washed-up jerry cans and bits of lumber wriggled at the water's edge, amid the sewage and the sloggings of occasional fishermen and the spreading wake of a Vietnamese patrol boat.1983, National Lampoon, volume 2, numbers 54-65
  2. A beating or thrashing.

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.

See all 7 meanings of slog

Forms of slogging

pluralsloggings

Phrases with slogging

Questions about slogging

What does slogging mean?
Slogging means an act or an instance of slogging or working laboriously.
What is slogging the present participle and gerund of?
Slogging is the present participle and gerund of slog.
What part of speech is slogging?
Slogging is a noun.
What is the plural of slogging?
The plural of slogging is sloggings.

Words near slogging in the dictionary

  1. slogged away
  2. slogged one's guts out
  3. slogger
  4. sloggers
  5. slogginess
  6. slogging
  7. slogging away
  8. slogging one's guts out
  9. sloggingly
  10. sloggings
  11. sloggish

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