slog
1. walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
- Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone
• Syn:
footslog, plod, trudge, pad, tramp
• Derivationally related forms:
tramper (for: tramp), pad (for: pad), trudge (for: trudge), trudger (for: trudge), plodder (for: plod), plodding (for: plod), footslogger (for: footslog)
• Hypernyms:
walk
• Hyponyms:
squelch, squish, splash, splosh, slosh, slop
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
- They slog up the hill
2. work doggedly or persistently
- She keeps plugging away at her dissertation
• Syn:
plug away, peg away, keep one's nose to the grindstone, keep one's shoulder to the wheel
• Derivationally related forms:
slogger
• Hypernyms:
work
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
3. strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat
- He slugged me so hard that I passed out
• Syn:
slug, swig
• Derivationally related forms:
slugger (for: slug), slug (for: slug)
• Hypernyms:
hit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- The fighter managed to slog his opponent
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