Slog

Definition: Slog

Slog

Verb

1. Work doggedly or persistently; "She keeps plugging away at her dissertation".

2. Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle around a gin" D.H. Lawrence.

3. Strike heavily, esp. with the fist or a bat; "He slugged me so hard that I passed out".

Date "slog" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1919. (references)

Note: Slog \Slog\, transitive and intransitive verb. [Compare to Slug, transitive verb]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definition
Computing	Slog Schelog. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
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Synonyms: Slog

Synonyms: footslog (v), keep one's nose to the grindstone (v), keep one's shoulder to the wheel (v), pad (v), peg away (v), plod (v), plug away (v), slug (v), swig (v), tramp (v), trudge (v). (additional references)

Crosswords: Slog

Non-English Usage: "Slog" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Serbo-Croatian (syllable, type).

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Prästen som slog knockout (1943)
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Domain	Title
Books	Litteratur i kris : om ett stöd som slog snett, om nya modeller (reference) Metalarbejdere slog igen : om kampen for et demokratisk og k�mpende Metalarbejderforbund (reference) Mismarketing : 8 danske kampagner der slog fejl (reference) När rocken slog i Sverige : svensk rockhistoria, 1955-1965 (reference) Olovni slog (reference) (more book examples)
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"Slog" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 77.53% of the time. "Slog" is used about 89 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	77.53%	69	40,280
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	16.85%	15	90,616
Lexical Verb (base form)	5.62%	5	157,705
Total	100.00%	89	N/A

Expressions using "slog": a long slog ♦ it was a hard slog ♦ it was a slog ♦ slog along ♦ slog away ♦ slog away at ♦ slog away at smth. ♦ slog it out ♦ slog on ♦ slog one's guts out ♦ slog through ♦ slog up the hill. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "slog": foot-slog, hard-slog.
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Language		Translations for "slog"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		punoj rëndë (toil), punë e rëndë (drudgery, elbow grease, moil, slavery, swot, toil, travail), goditje e fortë (oner, slug, smacker, snifter, staggerer, stinger, swat, swinger, swipe, thump, wallop), godit fort (strike with force, swat, swinge, swipe). (various references)

Arabic		‏كدح (drudge, drudgery, elbow grease, fag, grub, hard work, labor, labour, moil, plod, proletarianize, slave, slavery, sweat, sweat blood, swot, toil, travail, work hard), ‏تقدم بصعوبة (struggle, wade), ‏ضربة قوية (bounce, chop, crack, knocking, slug, thump), ‏ضرب بقوة (batter about, clout, lash, pound, smack, thump, thwack, triturate), ‏جهد كبير, ‏شق طريقه بصعوبة (scrape). (various references)

Bulgarian		силен удар (biff, clip, lick, plunk, slosh, smacker, smasher, sock, stinger, swipe, thump, wallop, welt, welter, whammy, whang, whop), тежък труд (sweat, travail), тежък път, бъхтя се, бъхтя (punish, ram, slug, wallop), бъхтене, бачкане. (various references)

Czech		perná práce, pachtit se (plug away), napálit (bamboozle, beat, cheat, con, dupe, fool, hoax, take in), dřina (drudgery, elbow grease, fag, grind, grindery, labor, labour, moil, stinker, sweat, toil), dìlovka, bomba (bomb, cracker). (various references)

Farsi		پرتاب کردن (Hurl, Jaculate, Pelt, Project, Shoot, Shove, Sling, Thrust, Unsling), کوشش سخت , تقلاکردن (Agonize, Attempt, Heave, Labor, Scramble, Struggle, Tug, Wrestle), تقلا (Agony, Bout, Bustle, Effort, Exertion, Muss, Scrabble, Scramble, Strain, Stress, Strife, Tug, Wrestle), سیلی (Box, Buffet, Slap, Spat), ضربت سخت زدن (Shock), ضربت سخت (Concussion, Shock, Swipe). (various references)

French		travailler comme un nègre (slave), travail pénible, travail de romain, travail de nègre, grand coup, donner un grand coup, bosser. (various references)

German		schinderei (drudgery, knacker's yard, oppression, rough going, slavery, struggle), wuchtiger schlag, wühlen (burrow, dig, gnaw, grub, root, rummage, spade, stir things up), plackerei (drudgery, fag, fagging, grind), dreschen (bandy, bash, flail, slam, slosh, thrash, thrashing, thrashings, thresh, threshing, wallop), asten (drag oneself, hump, lug, swot). (various references)

Greek		κτυπώ δυνατά (bash, slam, slug, sock, swipe, whack), κοπανάω (clobber), γρονθοκοπώ (pommel, pummel, punch, strike with the fist), βαδίζω βαρέωσ. (various references)

Hebrew		לעמול (labor, labour, make effort, moil, take pains, toil, travail, work), לעבו�" בפרך (drudge, slave), ל�"תמי�" (abide, persist, pursue), ל�"תי�'ע (be tired, tire, travail, weary, worry oneself). (various references)

Hungarian		püföl (pommel, to pommel, to pummel, to slog, to slug), behúzás (pulling in, retraction), üt (bang, bat, batter, beat, knock, strike, to bang, to batter, to bonk sy on the head, to buffet, to kill, to lash, to mall, to mill, to play a stroke, to pound, to strike a blow, to thrash, to thump, to toll, to wham). (various references)

Indonesian		perkelahian (affray, broil, duel, melee), berkelahi, bekerja keras (strive). (various references)

Italian		sgobbare (cram, dig, drudge, grind, grind away, oxes, plug away, slave, sweat, swot, work hard), faticata (effort, exertion, fag, sweat), faticare (have difficulty, labor, labour, tire, toil, work hard), colpire con violenza (bash). (various references)

Manx		smishtey, smishtaghey. (various references)

Pig Latin		ogslay

Portuguese		trabalho fatigante, trabalhar duramente (toil), pancada forte (smeller, swipe, thwack, welt, wipe), mourejar (moil, plod, plug, stew, toil), golpe violento (bang, hurl), estafa, caminhar pesadamente, bater forte (smite), bater � toa, bater (bang, bash, baste, bat, batter, beat, biff, bob, bop, brandish, chastise, churn, clap, club, curl, curry, deckle, dodder, flap, fling, flog, forge, form, froth, hit, hunt, jab, knead, knock, lam, lap, lick, plash, pulsate, pulse, ram, scutch, slap, sound, splash, stir, strike, swing, thrash, thresh, type, wave, whack, whip, whirl, whisk, worst). (various references)

Russian		сильный удар (bang, bash, biff, clip, humming blow, lick, pelt, plunk, polt, staggerer, swinger, swipe, thwack, wallop, whack), сильно ударить, тяжелая работа (corvee, donkey work, drudgery, elbow grease, grind, moil, plod, swot, tough job). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		težak rad (corvee, elbow grease, fatigue duty, fatigues, hard labor, hard labour, labor intensive, labour intensive, labouring, toil), teško raditi (toil), šljapkati (plash, slosh, squatter). (various references)

Spanish		sudar tinta (work one's tail off), golpear (bang, bat, beat, beat up on, beetle, bop, buffet, bump, clip, clobber, club, drive, flail, hit, jab, kick, knock, lash, punch, rap, rattle, slam, slap, slice, smash, smite, strike, tee off, thrash, thump, wallop, whack), caminar penosamente (traipse, trudge), afanarse (drudge, strive, toil, travail). (various references)

Swedish		vandra mödosamt. (various references)

Thai		ตีแรง. (various references)

Turkish		sert yumruk (a solid blow, roundhouse, slug), sert vuruş (bash, slug, welt), sert vurmak (slug, smash, wallop, whack), zorlanmak (eat crow, slog away, slog on, sweat), zahmetli iş yapmak, zahmetli iş (a long way to hoe, plodding, pull), yorucu yürüyüş (trudge), vurmak (bang, bat, beat, beat down, bruise, bust, catapult, catch, chime, clap, clip, clout, dash, deal, grass, gun, hit, impinge, inflict, kayo, knock, land, lay out, lay to, Lodge, Mall, nail, pack, percuss, pip, plant, plonk, plug, plunk, pound, prick, pummel, punch, putt, ram, shoot, shoot off, smash, sock, strike, stroke, stub, swat, swinge, switch, whack, zap), hızlı vuruş, hızlı vurmak, gayret (Ardor, ardour, assiduity, conation, effort, endeavor, endeavour, energy, enthusiasm, exertion, fervency, fervor, fervour, go, hastiness, industry, intentness, keenness, nerve, pep, push, sedulity, snap, spurt, strenuousness, struggle, studiousness, tug, vim, zeal, zip), dövmek (bash up, baste, batter, beat, beat out, beat up, belabor, belabour, Bray, bruise, cane, castigate, chastise, club, cudgel, drub, dust smb.'s jacket, flail, flog, forge, give a beating, give smb. a thrashing, give the stick, hammer, hide, knock about, knock around, Lam, lam into, lambaste, larrup, lather, lay in, lay into, lick, Mall, maul, pelt, pound, punish, scutch, sock, spifflicate, spiflicate, swage, swinge, tan, thrash, thwack, trounce, wallop, whale, whip, whop), çok çalışmak (bang away, bone up on, mug, mug up, slog away, swot, swot up, try hard, work very hard), çalışıp didinmek (slog away). (various references)

Ukrainian		сильний удар (bang, bash, lick, oner, pelt, plunk, slam, spanker, staggerer, swat, swinger, swipe, wallop), шматок (bar, bit, clout, gobbet, junk, wad), важка стомлива праця, багато і наполегливо працювати, дубасити (bastinado, batter). (various references)

Vietnamese		l� m việc say mê, đi nặng nề vất vả l� m việc hăm hở. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Date	Source	Mark Chapter 14, Verse 47
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	EiV de tiV twn paresthkotwn spasamenoV thn macairan epaisen ton doulon tou arcierewV kai afeilen autou to wtion
Latin	405	Vulgate	Unus autem quidam de circumstantibus educens gladium percussit servum summi sacerdotis et amputavit illi auriculam
Old English	990	West Saxon	Soðlice an of þam þe þær embe-utenstoden his sweord abræd. & slog þas sacerdesþeow. & his eare of acarf.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	But oon of the men that stoden aboute, drowy out a swerd, and smoot the seruaunt of the hiyest preest, and kittide of his eere.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And one of them that stode by drue out a swearde and smote a servaunt of the hye preste and cut of his eare.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	But a certain one of those who were near took out his sword, and gave the servant of the high priest a blow, cutting off his ear.
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Language	Mark Chapter 14, Verse 47
Cebuano	Apan usa sa mga nagtindog sa duol milanit sa iyang espada ug iyang gitigbas ang ulipon sa labawng sacerdote, ug napalongan kini sa iyang dalunggan.
Croatian	A jedan od nazoènih trgnu maè, udari slugu velikoga sveæenika i odsijeèe mu uho.
Danish	Men en af dem, som stode hos, drog Sværdet, slog Ypperstepræstens Tjener og afhuggede hans Øre.
Dutch	En een dergenen, die daarbij stonden, het zwaard trekkende, sloeg den dienstknecht des hogepriesters, en hieuw hem zijn oor af.
Finnish	Mutta eräs niistä, jotka lähellä seisoivat, veti miekkansa, iski ylimmäisen papin palvelijaa ja sivalsi häneltä pois korvan.
French	Un de ceux qui étaient l� , tirant l`épée, frappa le serviteur du souverain sacrificateur, et lui emporta l`oreille.
Gaelic	Ach tharruinn aon den fheadhainn a bha san lathair a chlaidheamh, agus bhuail e seirbhiseach an ard-shagairt, agus ghearr e chluas dheth.
German	Einer aber von denen, die dabeistanden, zog sein Schwert aus und schlug des Hohenpriesters Knecht und hieb ihm ein Ohr ab.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Tetapi salah seorang yang berada di situ mencabut pedangnya dan memarang hamba imam agung sampai putus telinganya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka seorang di antara segala orang yang berdiri di situ menghunus pedangnya, lalu memarang hamba Imam Besar dan mengerat telinganya.
Italian	Uno dei presenti, estratta la spada, colpì il servo del sommo sacerdote e gli recise l'orecchio.
Maori	Na ka unuhia e tetahi o te hunga e tu ana i reira tana hoari, haua iho e ia te pononga a te tohunga nui, poroa ana tona taringa.
Norwegian	Men en av dem som stod der, drog sitt sverd, og slo til yppersteprestens tjener og hugg øret av ham.
Portuguese	Mas um dos que ali estavam, puxando da espada, feriu o servo do sumo sacerdote e cortou-lhe uma orelha.
Rumanian	Unul din cei ce stqteau lkngq El, a scos sabia, a lovit pe robul marelui preot, wi i -a tqiat urechea.
Russian	п�"ЙО ЦЕ ЙЪ УФПСЧЫЙИ ФХФ ЙЪЧМЕЛ НЕЮ, Х�"БТЙМ ТБ�'Б � ЕТЧПУЧСЭЕООЙЛПЧБ Й ПФУЕЛ ЕНХ ХИП.
Shuar	Túruiniakui nui wajatusha puniari úkuitsan, patri uuntri takarniurin awati ni kuishin tsupirkamiayi.
Swahili	Mmoja wa wale waliokuwa wamesimama hapo pamoja na Yesu akauchomoa upanga wake, akampiga mtumishi wa Kuhani Mkuu, akamkata sikio.
Swedish	Men en av dem som stodo där bredvid drog sitt svärd och högg till översteprästens tjänare och högg så av honom örat.
Uma	Ngkai ree, hadua tauna to mokore mohu' Yesus mpowute' piho' -na natime-ki batua Imam Bohe, bela mpoholu tilinga-na.
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Derivations
	Words beginning with "slog": slogan, sloganeer, sloganeered, sloganeering, sloganeers, sloganize, sloganized, sloganizes, sloganizing, slogans, slogged, slogger, sloggers, slogging, slogs. (additional references)
	Words ending with "slog": footslog. (additional references)
	Words containing "slog": dyslogistic, dyslogistically, footslogged, footslogger, footsloggers, footslogging, footslogs. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Slog" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alog, dlog, Glogg, klog, llog, lsg, salgo, sclog, scog, Selig, seogi, shog, silgo, siog, slagg, sleg, slig, slo, sloa, sloag, sloge, slogg, slogh, sloi, slol, slong, sloof, sloor, slor, slou, slov, sloy, sloz, slugg, slugy, snogg, sog, spog, stog, stogg, swog, wlog. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "slog" (pronounced slÄ"g)
3	-l Ä" g	clog, flog, Prolog.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: logs.
	Words within the letters "g-l-o-s"
	-1 letter: gos, log, sol.
	-2 letters: go, lo, os, so.
	Words containing the letters "g-l-o-s"
	+1 letter: clogs, flogs, gaols, globs, gloms, glops, gloss, glost, glows, goals, golds, golfs, loges, logos, longs, ogles, slogs.
	+2 letters: algors, argols, bogles, cologs, flongs, galops, galosh, ghouls, gloams, gloats, globes, gloggs, glomus, glooms, glossa, glossy, glosts, glouts, gloves, glozes, gluons, golems, golosh, gorals, gospel, growls, igloos, isolog, klongs, largos, lodges, logans, logics, longes, losing, loughs, moguls, oglers, sawlog, sigloi, siglos, slogan, slough, solgel, soling.
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