slog

1. (countable, uncountable, chiefly British, Australia and Canada) A long, tedious walk or march.AustraliaBritishCanadacountableuncountable

2. (countable, uncountable, chiefly British, Australia and Canada, by extension) A hard, persistent effort, session of work, or period.Examples: "It is as if Mr. Faulks had bled his own prose white, draining it of emotion in order to capture the endless enervating slog of war."; "England's experimental line-up will have realised early on that this would be a long, hard slog against the multi-talented Brazilians with great strength in their starting line-up and on the bench."; "There, despite the long slog of the pandemic and all the distracting dramas at headquarters, the schools themselves have mostly kept it together."AustraliaBritishCanadabroadlycountableuncountable

3. (countable) A book or other media that is difficult to get through due to dullness, density, or lack of narrative momentum.countable

4. (countable, cricket) An aggressive shot played with little skill.countable