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
trudge (plural trudges)
A tramp, i.e. a long and tiring walk.
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. Ăľruga.]
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
26 February 2025
(adjective) marked by strong resentment or cynicism; “an acrimonious dispute”; “bitter about the divorce”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
