plod
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
noun
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the act or a course of plodding.
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a sound of a heavy tread.
verb
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to make (one's way) or walk along (a path, road, etc) with heavy usually slow steps
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(intr) to work slowly and perseveringly
noun
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the act of plodding
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the sound of slow heavy steps
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slang a policeman
Related Words
See pace 1.
Other Word Forms
- outplod verb (used with object)
- plodder noun
- plodding adjective
- ploddingly adverb
- ploddingness noun
- unplodding adjective
Etymology
Origin of plod
First recorded in 1555–65; perhaps imitative
Example Sentences
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In Kirk’s name, they will continue to plod through long, grueling, nonsensical arguments about Egyptian aircraft and Emmanuel Macron, with people who are simply never going to listen.
From Slate • Dec. 22, 2025
In trying to make media-watching “easier,” tech has slowed the process to a maddening plod.
From Salon • May 22, 2025
For years, modular companies have vowed to revolutionize the homebuilding industry only to fail spectacularly or plod along amid technological problems and skepticism about limited designs and quality.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025
During Carnival this year, as many as 70 will plod through the swarming crowds each day, Edington said.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2024
We’d run outside to watch the caravan plod through our street, men with dusty, weather-beaten faces and women dressed in long, colorful shawls, beads, and silver bracelets around their wrists and ankles.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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