Slog
/slɒɡ/noun
To work hard and persistently at a difficult task, often with slow progress.
Did you know?'Slog' imitates the heavy, sloppy sounds of bare-knuckle punches in gritty underground bouts, alchemizing combat grunts into modern endurance rituals.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*slak-
“to be loose, lax, or limp”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*slakaz
“loose, relaxed, lacking tension”
Old English
OE
slæc
“slack, slow, negligent”
Middle English 14th C.
ME
slugge
“sluggish, heavy, lazy”
16th Century
Eng
slug
“sluggard, idle or heavy-moving person”
1760s
Eng
slug
“to strike with heavy, dragging blows”
1846
Eng
slog
“to plod or work with heavy, laborious effort”