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▪ I. slogging, vbl. n.|ˈslɒgɪŋ| [f. slog v. + -ing1.] The action of the verb; vigorous striking; hard hitting. Also attrib.
1857Bell's Life 31 May 6/4 Nor ought we to omit notice of Reynolds's 15 by a kind of paralytic slogging, which sometimes tells. 1859Slang Dict. 95 Slogging, a good beating. 1864Daily Telegr. 16 May, For a long time to come..their hitting [at cricket] will be ‘slogging’. 1871Daily News 23 Jan., The status quo of steady slogging at the forts and batteries of junction is steadily maintained. 1895Month Mar. 432 All sporting men remember the hard slogging of the ‘Cleresly Chicken’. 1934[see run n.1 2 a]. 1958F. C. Avis Boxing Ref. Dict. 103 Slogging match, a contest in which both men hit each other heavily and very often. ▪ II. slogging, ppl. a.|ˈslɒgɪŋ| [f. slog v. + -ing2.] Hitting or striking hard. Also fig.
1871Daily News 12 Jan., To tempt our batteries forward, till..the time has come when slogging blows can be dealt. 1882Cornhill Mag. May 535 His slogging style of controversy. 1895Forum Apr. 235 As what may be called a ‘slogging’ debater, he has perhaps no fellow in Parliament. |