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SLOGGER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does slogger mean?
• SLOGGER (noun)
The noun SLOGGER has 3 senses:
1. someone who walks in a laborious heavy-footed manner
2. someone who works slowly and monotonously for long hours
3. a boxer noted for an ability to deliver hard punches
Familiarity information: SLOGGER used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who walks in a laborious heavy-footed manner
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("slogger" is a kind of...):
footer; pedestrian; walker (a person who travels by foot)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who works slowly and monotonously for long hours
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
plodder; slogger
Hypernyms ("slogger" is a kind of...):
drudge; hack; hacker (one who works hard at boring tasks)
Derivation:
slog (work doggedly or persistently)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A boxer noted for an ability to deliver hard punches
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
slogger; slugger
Hypernyms ("slogger" is a kind of...):
boxer; pugilist (someone who fights with his fists for sport)
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