slogger
- noun
- /ˈslɔɡər/
- After hours of hiking through the mud, Miles looked every bit the slogger as he trudged onward.
Examples
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The slogger struggled up the steep path, each step weighed down by fatigue and effort.
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You could tell he was a slogger by the way each step seemed like a mighty effort.
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A group of determined sloggers made their way up the hill despite the pouring rain.
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He is a real slogger on the hiking trail.
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Don't be such a slogger during the race!
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After a long day of carrying heavy boxes, she walked like a slogger to the car, exhausted.
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Despite the challenging terrain, the slogger continued to make progress, moving slowly yet steadily.
Synonyms
A person who walks with heavy noisy steps and stamps their feet
A person who walks with heavy noisy steps, stamping their feet
A person who walks slowly with heavy, tiring steps
A person who walks slowly with heavy steps because they are tired or the ground is difficult
A person who walks with heavy noisy steps
A person who walks with very heavy, noisy steps
A person who walks with heavy noisy steps that sound like thumps
Antonyms
How Slow
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Slogger comes from the verb slog, which originally meant 'to plod' or 'to move slowly with effort'. So a slogger is someone who walks in a slow, heavy, and laborious way, as if each step is hard work.