| verb | work doggedly or persistently “She keeps plugging away at her dissertation” |
| verb | walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud “Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone” |
| verb | strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat “He slugged me so hard that I passed out” |
| slogger | noun | someone who works slowly and monotonously for long hours |
| footslogger | noun | fights on foot with small arms |
| plodder | noun | someone who works slowly and monotonously for long hours |
| plodding | noun | the act of walking with a slow heavy gait |
| trudge | noun | a long difficult walk |
| trudger | noun | someone who walks in a laborious heavy-footed manner |
| pad | noun | the fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's finger |
| tramper | noun | someone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the ground |
| slugger | noun | a boxer noted for an ability to deliver hard punches |
| slug | noun | (boxing) a blow with the fist |