Meaning of TRUDGE
| Pronunciation: | | truj
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- [n] a long difficult walk
- [v] walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle around a gin" D.H. Lawrence
- [v] to walk or proceed draggingly, slowly; "Snow buried the streets and covered the slanting rooftops, as John trudged toward St. Peter's."
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| | Synonyms: | | footslog, pad, plod, shack, slog, trail, tramp |
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| | See Also: | | go, hike, locomote, move, slop, slosh, splash, splosh, squelch, squish, tramp, travel, walk | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Trudge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trudged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Trudging}.] [Perhaps of Scand. origin, and originally
meaning, to walk on snowshoes; cf. dial. Sw. truga, trudja, a
snowshoe, Norw. truga, Icel. [thorn]r[=u]ga.]
To walk or march with labor; to jog along; to move wearily.
And trudged to Rome upon my naked feet. --Dryden.
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