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
- An act or an instance of slogging or working laboriously.
- 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
- sloggings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include slugging, trudging, plodding, drudging, toiling, grind.
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