slog
v 1: work doggedly or persistently; "She keeps plugging away at
her dissertation" [syn: {plug away}, {peg away}]
2: walk heavily, as when weary, or through mud; "Donkeys that
plodded wearily in a circle around a gin" D.H. Lawrence
[syn: {footslog}, {plod}, {trudge}, {pad}]
3: strike heavily, esp. with the fist or a bat; "He slugged me
so hard that I passed out" [syn: {slug}, {swig}]