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trudge

[ truhj ]

verb (used without object)

trudged, trudging.
  1. to walk, especially laboriously or wearily:

    to trudge up a long flight of steps.

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verb (used with object)

trudged, trudging.
  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

/ ٰʌ /

verb

  1. intr to walk or plod heavily or wearily
  2. tr to pass through or over by trudging
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a long tiring walk
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٰܻ岵, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ٰܻ岵İ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of trudge1

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

Origin of trudge1

C16: of obscure origin
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Synonym Study

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Gladiators star Jodie Ounsley was only three years old when she watched in awe as her dad trudged through the garden with an enormous sack of coal slung over his shoulders.

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Everyone else is trudging along, if not toiling through a flat-out slump.

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“Ludwig” is an even-keeled exploration of empathy through the eyes of someone who experienced common childhood tragedies of bullying and parental abandonment and chose to retreat from life instead of trudging forth.

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On a blistering summer day, Aduba quickly styled her hair in Bantu knots as she prepared to trudge to another round of back-to-back auditions, certain more nos were on the way.

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After Uchijima dug deep to hold, Raducanu did not win another point and trudged off court having lost for a sixth time in her nine matches this year.

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