slog | Definition of slog

Synonyms and Antonyms of slog

1 to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner

the two boxers were so exhausted they just slogged each other indiscriminately

Synonyms of slog

bang, bash, bat, belt, biff, bludgeon, bob, bonk, bop, box, bust, clap, clip, clobber, clock, clout, crack, hammer, hit, knock, nail, paste, pound, punch, rap, slam, slap, slug, smack, smite, sock, strike, swat, swipe, tag, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, whale, zap

Words Related to slog

batter, beat, buffet, bung, chop, cuff, drub, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lick, mangle, maul, pelt, pepper, pommel, pummel, rough

bunt, flick, stroke, tap

bump, butt, jab, jostle, kick, knee, poke, prod, push, shove, stamp

bowl (down or over), cream, deck, dump [slang], 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, skull

Phrases Synonymous with slog

2 to devote serious and sustained effort

slogging their way through a pile of paperwork

Synonyms of slog

bang away, beaver (away), dig (away), drudge, endeavor, fag, grub, hump, hustle, labor, moil, peg (away), plod, plow, plug, slave, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, toil, travail, tug, work

Words Related to slog

apply (oneself), buckle (down), dig in, hammer (away), knuckle down, pitch in

exercise, exert, overexert, overwork

eke out, grind (out), put out, scrabble, scratch

Phrases Synonymous with slog

Near Antonyms of slog

break, ease (up), let up, slacken

bum, chill, dally, dillydally, footle, goldbrick, goof (off), hack (around), hang (around or out), idle, laze, loaf, lounge, shirk, slack (off), veg out