slog
v 1: work doggedly or persistently; "She keeps plugging away at
her dissertation" [syn: plug away, peg away, keep
one's nose to the grindstone, keep one's shoulder to
the wheel]
2: walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud;
"Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone" [syn: footslog,
plod, trudge, pad, tramp]
3: strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat; "He
slugged me so hard that I passed out" [syn: slug, swig]
[also: slogging, slogged]