slogging

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• slogging — I. noun ( s) Etymology: from gerund of slog (I) 1. : plodding 2. : hard drudging work : plugging …   Useful english dictionary

• slogging — slÉ‘g /slÉ’g n. forceful hit, hard blow; hard laborious work; long exhausting walk v. hit hard; progress slowly and ploddingly; work persistently, toil …   English contemporary dictionary

• Australian handball — Original research|date=February 2008Unreferenced|date=April 2007Australian Handball is a popular schoolyard game in Australia and New Zealand. It is a variation of Chinese Handball, with many similarities to other Chinese Handball games, but more …   Wikipedia

• slog — slog1 [slɔg US sla:g] v past tense and past participle slogged present participle slogging [i]informal 1.) to work hard at something without stopping, especially when the work is difficult, tiring, or boring ▪ Mother slogged all her life for us.… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• slog — [[t]slɒ̱g[/t]] slogs, slogging, slogged 1) VERB If you slog through something, you work hard and steadily through it. [INFORMAL] [V prep] They secure their degrees by slogging through an intensive 11 month course... [V way through n] She has… …   English dictionary

• slog — I UK [slɒɡ] / US [slɑɡ] noun informal 1) [singular/uncountable] something that is difficult or boring and seems to take a long time Getting fit doesn t have to be a hard slog. 2) [singular] a long and tiring walk a steep uphill slog II UK [slɒɡ]… …   English dictionary

• slog — slog1 [släg] vt., vi. slogged, slogging [var. of SLUG4] to hit hard; slug slogger n. slog2 [släg] vt., vi. slogged, slogging [ME sluggen: see SLUGGARD] …   English World dictionary

• Backyard cricket — Example of beach cricket being played at Cottesloe Beach in Perth. The bowler bowls to batsman, while the rest field. Backyard cricket, street cricket, beach cricket, gully cricket, corridor cricket, deef (Hindi: गली, galli = alley ) or garden… …   Wikipedia

• Roman infantry tactics — refers to the theoretical and historical deployment, formation and maneuvers of the Roman infantry from the start of the Roman Republic to the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The article first presents a short overview of Roman training. Roman… …   Wikipedia

• slog — slog1 [ slag ] verb INFORMAL 1. ) intransitive or transitive to work hard and for a long time doing something that is difficult or boring: Most of the night was spent slogging away at the report. I slogged my way through the first 200 pages… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• slog — 1 verb informal 1 slog (away) at especially BrE also slog through to work hard at something without stopping, especially when the work is boring or difficult: I ve been slogging away at this essay for days. | all those books we had to slog… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English