Term: slog
slog (noun) /slɒɡ/
Similar to: struggle; grind; hard work; drudgery; trek
Definition: a period of long, difficult, and tiring work or effort; or a long and difficult walk or journey.
Translation: smags darbs, vergošana, grūts gājiens
Examples: “It was a long slog to get the thesis finished by the deadline.”
“The final climb to the mountain summit was a real slog through deep snow.”
“The game was a bit of a slog, but the team eventually won in the final minutes.”
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
slog (verb)transitive verb
1.
to hit hard - beat
2.
intransitive verb
to plod (one's way) perseveringly especially against difficulty
1.
to plod heavily - tramp slogged through the snow
2.
to work hard and steadily - plug
1.
a) hard persistent work - the endless enervating slog of war Michael Gorra
b) a prolonged arduous task or effort - reform will be a hard political slog M. S. Forbes
2.
a hard dogged march or journey
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
slog (verb)1.
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
SYNONYMS:
bang, bash, bat, belt, biff, bludgeon, bob, bonk, bop, box, bust, clap, clip, clobber, clock, clout, crack, hammer, knock, nail, paste, pound, punch, rap, slam, slap, slog, slug, smack, smite, sock, strike, swat, swipe, tag, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, whale, zapRELATED WORDS:
batter, beat, buffet, bung, chop, cuff, drub, lace, lambaste ( lambast), lick, mangle, maul, pelt, pepper, pommel, pummel, rough; scuff; bunt, flick, stroke, tap; bump, butt, jab, jostle, kick, knee, poke, prod, push, shove, stamp; bowl (down over), cream, deck, dump [], fell, floor, knock down, level; rabbit-punch, sucker punch; cane, club, cudgel, flail, flog, lash, sap, slash, sledge, sledgehammer, spear, stab, switch, thrash, whip; bean, brain, conk, skull2.
to devote serious and sustained effort
SYNONYMS:
bang away, beaver (away), dig (away), drudge, endeavor, fag, grub, hump, hustle, moil, peg (away), plod, plow, plug, slave, slog, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, toil, travail, tug, workRELATED WORDS:
apply (oneself), buckle (down), dig in, hammer (away), knuckle down, pitch in; attack, drive; essay, try; exercise, exert, overexert, overwork; eke out, grind (out), put out, scrabble, scratch; trudge, wadeNEAR ANTONYMS:
break, ease (up), let up, slacken; bum, chill, dally, dillydally, footle, goldbrick, goof (off), hack (around), hang (around out), idle, laze, loaf, lounge, shirk, slack (off), veg out; bask, loll, relax, repose, rest, unwind; dabble, doodle, fool around, fribble, goof (around), hang, hang about [], mess around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle3.
to strike repeatedly
SYNONYMS:
bash, baste, bat, batter, belabor, belt, birch, bludgeon, buffet, bung up, club, curry, do, drub, fib, flog, hammer, hide, lace, lambaste ( lambast), lash, lather, lick, maul, mess (up), paddle, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, punch out, rough (up), slate, slog, switch, tan, thrash, thresh, thump, tromp, wallop, whale, whip, whop ( whap), whup, work overRELATED WORDS:
assail, assault, attack, beset, box, bust, chop, clobber, clout, crack, cudgel, cuff, descend (on upon), hit, jump (on), knock, lam, lay on, paste, pounce (on upon), punch, raid, rush, slam, slap, smack, smash, sock, spank, storm, swat, swipe, thwack, whack, wham, whomp; blackjack, cane, cowhide, flagellate, fustigate, horsewhip, leather, pistol-whip, rawhide, scourge, strap; gore, lacerate, wound; maim, mangle, mutilate4.
to move heavily or clumsily
SYNONYMS:
barge, clomp, clump, flog, flounder, galumph, lump, plod, pound, scuff, scuffle, shamble, shuffle, slog, slough, stamp, stomp, stumble, stump, tramp, tromp, trudgeRELATED WORDS:
drag, flop, haul; blunder, careen, dodder, lurch, reel, stagger, sway, teeter, totter, waddle, weave, wobble ( wabble)NEAR ANTONYMS:
drift, float, hang, hover, poise, waft