Meaning & use
slogger
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Meanings
nouncountableBritishinformal
a person who works very hard for a long time, often at dull or tiring tasks.
Grammar: A countable noun: a real slogger.
Patterns
- a hard slogger
She was never brilliant, but she was a tireless slogger.
The office relies on a few reliable sloggers.
He's a slogger who finishes everything he starts.
nouncountablesportBritish
in cricket, a batter who hits the ball hard and wildly without much technique.
Grammar: Used in cricket commentary.
Patterns
- a big slogger
The slogger hit three sixes in one over.
Nobody expected the slogger to last long.
Their last batter was a pure slogger.
Word forms
| plural | sloggers |
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Common combinations
- a hard slogger
- He was a hard slogger at the bottom of the league.
- a tireless slogger
- She is a tireless slogger on the night shift.
- a cricket slogger
- The cricket slogger swung wildly at the ball.
- a big-hitting slogger
- The team needed a big-hitting slogger.
- a plodding slogger
- He was a plodding slogger, never quick but always there.
Synonyms and how they differ
- plodder
- Plodder suggests slow, steady effort with little flair, a little more negative than slogger.
- grafter
- Grafter is British slang for a hard worker, usually admiring.
- workhorse
- Workhorse praises a reliable person who does much of the work.
- slugger
- Slugger is the American word for a hard hitter in baseball, close to the cricket sense of slogger.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: slogger or slugger? slogger or slogan?
slogger vs slugger
Slugger is the baseball term for a hard hitter, and sounds close to slogger.
slogger vs slogan
A slogan is a short advertising phrase, unrelated to slogger.
Practice
He may not be a gifted student, but he's a real ___ who never misses a deadline.
Choose one answer.
A slogger is someone who works hard over a long time. A sprinter is quick over short distances, which does not suit the idea of steady effort.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “slogger”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.