To hit hard, esp. with little attention to aim or the like, as in cricket or boxing; to slug.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            to walk heavily; to plod; to walk through resisting terrain, as in mud.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Mountaineering and backcountry skiing terminology referring to a long, slow, arduous hike uphill. Usually an endurance challenge with repetitive motion over vast terrain.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                                                     
                        
                        
                            walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone" 
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat; "He slugged me so hard that I passed out" 
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            digging through posts on the Water Cooler Message Boards in order to catch up with a conversation (a near impossibility during peak medallion hunting season). Comes from "slog" - as in difficult and slow movement/ambulation through a material such as snow; slogging, slogged, slogs
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Used to describe a shot which is not in the coaching book
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            a batsman's shot of any sort that is played aggressively with a fast-swung bat, often with less skill than a more considered shot, and often hitting the ball high into the air. v.i. to play a slog shot. v.t. to hit the ball with a slog.