ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Slogging

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Slogging is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of slog.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of slog.

More Meanings

  1. An act or an instance of slogging or working laboriously.
  2. A beating or thrashing.

Example Sentences

Erecting-shop work was always hard and slogging, so that at the end of a 9¾ hour day there were not many who felt inclined for much more physical activity.
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.
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 became unbearable.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include slugging, trudging, plodding, drudging, toiling, grind.

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