trudge

[truhj]

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verb (used without object), trudged, trudg·ing.

to walk, especially laboriously or wearily: to trudge up a long flight of steps.

verb (used with object), trudged, trudg·ing.

to walk laboriously or wearily along or over: He trudged the deserted road for hours.

noun

a laborious or tiring walk; tramp.

Origin of trudge

1540–50; perhaps blend of tread and drudge

Related formstrudg·er, noun

Synonyms for trudge

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1. tramp. See pace¹.

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Related Words for trudge

trek, traipse, plod, lumber, tramp, slog, wade, stumble, stump, tread, hike, step, march, clump, footslog, schlepp

Examples from the Web for trudge

Contemporary Examples of trudge

They quickly agree to desert and trudge across the titular field to an alleged alehouse.
‘A Field in England’ Is a Psychedelic Cinematic Trip
Andrew Romano
February 9, 2014
"We really wanted stainless," says the crestfallen pair, and trudge back out the door.
Beyond Stainless
Megan McArdle
October 19, 2012

Historical Examples of trudge

To ride a-horseback is surely pleasanter than to trudge a-foot?
Cyropaedia
Xenophon
Then deleever it word for word to me, young mon, and I'll trudge off to Frances.
Lords of the North
A. C. Laut
We trudge in the treadmill and call it love of our ancient institutions.
A Preface to Politics
Walter Lippmann
Now I must trudge off and do a little business on my own account, seeing we 'return on Friday.'
Three People
Pansy
But I'll find that man if I have to trudge through the whole kingdom.
Europa's Fairy Book
Joseph Jacobs

British Dictionary definitions for trudge

trudge

verb

(intr) to walk or plod heavily or wearily
(tr) to pass through or over by trudging

noun

a long tiring walk

Derived Formstrudger, noun

Word Origin for trudge

C16: of obscure origin

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Word Origin and History for trudge

"to walk laboriously," 1540s, of unknown origin. Related: Trudged; trudging. The noun meaning "an act of trudging" is attested from 1835.