TRUDGE

trudge

(noun) a long difficult walk

slog, footslog, plod, trudge, pad, tramp

(verb) walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; “Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

trudge (plural trudges)

A tramp, i.e. a long and tiring walk.

Verb

trudge (third-person singular simple present trudges, present participle trudging, simple past and past participle trudged)

(intransitive) To walk wearily with heavy, slow steps.

(transitive) To trudge along or over a route etc.

Source: Wiktionary


Trudge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trudged; p. pr. & vb. n. Trudging.] Etym: [Perhaps of Scand. origin, and originally meaning, to walk on snowshoes; cf. dial. Sw. truga, trudja, a snowshoe, Norw. truga, Icel. þruga.]

Definition: To walk or march with labor; to jog along; to move wearily. And trudged to Rome upon my naked feet. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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