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FOOTSLOG (footslogged, footslogging)

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Irregular inflected forms: footslogged  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, footslogging  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does footslog mean? 

FOOTSLOG (verb)
  The verb FOOTSLOG has 1 sense:

1. walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mudplay

  Familiarity information: FOOTSLOG used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FOOTSLOG (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they footslog  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it footslogs  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: footslogged  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: footslogged  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: footslogging  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

footslog; pad; plod; slog; tramp; trudge

Context example:

Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone

Hypernyms (to "footslog" is one way to...):

walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "footslog"):

slop; slosh; splash; splosh; squelch; squish (walk through mud or mire)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

footslogger (fights on foot with small arms)


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