trudge

[ truhj ]

verb (used without object)

, trudged, trudg·ing.

1. to walk, especially laboriously or wearily:

   to trudge up a long flight of steps.

   Synonyms: tramp

verb (used with object)

, trudged, trudg·ing.

1. to walk laboriously or wearily along or over:

   He trudged the deserted road for hours.

noun

1. a laborious or tiring walk; tramp.

trudge

/ trʌdʒ /

verb

1. intr to walk or plod heavily or wearily
2. tr to pass through or over by trudging

noun

1. a long tiring walk

Derived Forms

• ˈtrudger, noun

Other Words From

• trudger noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of trudge¹

First recorded in 1540–50; perhaps blend of tread and drudge

Word History and Origins

Origin of trudge¹

C16: of obscure origin

Synonym Study

See pace ¹.

Example Sentences

They quickly agree to desert and trudge across the titular field to an alleged alehouse.

From The Daily Beast

"We really wanted stainless," says the crestfallen pair, and trudge back out the door.

From The Daily Beast

That would be a trudge to take time, indeed; harder than crossing the Kalahari (Note 4) itself.

From Project Gutenberg

A man would feel that he was not altogether a mere machine, to do so much work and then trudge home and sleep.

From Project Gutenberg

The position, after a trudge of fifteen miles, was estimated at five miles east of the one-hundred-and-twenty-three-mile mound.

From Project Gutenberg

A two-mile trudge across a duck-walk over 'b——y meadow' brought us to the famous Ridgewood Dug-outs.

From Project Gutenberg

At first the ascent had seemed tedious enough, as dull as the trudge to her other lessons.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• lumber
• plod
• slog
• stumble
• traipse
• tramp
• trek
• wade