Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To walk in a laborious, heavy-footed way; plod.
- noun A long, tedious walk.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make one's way on foot; walk; travel on foot; especially, to travel wearily or laboriously on foot.
- noun A weary or laborious walk or tramp.
- noun An interpreter.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To walk or march with labor; to jog along; to move wearily.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
tramp , i.e. a long and tiringwalk . - verb intransitive To
walk wearily withheavy ,slow steps . - verb transitive To trudge along or over a route etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
- noun a long difficult walk
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I am here, I have trudged — do you like the word trudge?
Self-Destruction, Vol. 1 James Greer 2011
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I kind of trudge through the evil stuff that I don't like doing, like the sanding and the this, that, and the other thing out of habit.
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I kind of trudge through the evil stuff that I don't like doing, like the sanding and the this, that, and the other thing out of habit.
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The biographical half of his book is hard-going, a trudge through lumpen text that often lacks cohesion.
The Disappearing Maestro Norman Lebrecht 2011
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We had to trudge back down, too -- luckily on what was almost! a road.
Dave Astor: Frustration-Filled Vacations Can Be Fun (in Retrospect) Dave Astor 2011
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It also captured that late night urgency, buzzing from pub to club to cafe, those Important Conversations like a campfire on an empty beach, weaving dreams of the future until the streetlights gave way to the dawn, and then the final trudge home (or sprint home fueled on booze and kebab).
zornhau: The Middle Ages zornhau 2010
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And "we the people" -- overtaxed, over-policed, overburdened by big government, underrepresented by those who should speak for us and blissfully ignorant of the prison walls closing in on us -- will continue to trudge along a path of misery.
John W. Whitehead: The 2010 Elections: Full of Sound and Fury, and Signifying Nothing John W. Whitehead 2010
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But the 16 games he has played since returning to the lineup from post-concussion symptoms have been a trudge back to his place among the team's top four defensemen.
Not All Is Perfect With the Rangers Mike Sielski 2012
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She would trudge home after lessons discouraged and frustrated.
Her Late Lunge for Athletic Glory Sophia Hollander 2010
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We had to trudge back down, too -- luckily on what was almost! a road.
Dave Astor: Frustration-Filled Vacations Can Be Fun (in Retrospect) Dave Astor 2011
bilby commented on the word trudge
This word sounds like hard work.
November 30, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word trudge
"Oh, yes," said the receptionist, finding the specs. "It happens we've got a broker over there at the moment. Aren't we lucky. Can you pop round?"
"I'm on foot," said Winnie. "I don't pop anywhere, but I trudge pretty efficiently. Have him wait."
(From Lost, by Gregory Maguire)
February 19, 2009
racquelcline commented on the word trudge
I was reading a football article online.. " However, I serve even a higher calling here at RSS so I will trudge through and Protect the Shield with everything you need to know from the National"
November 1, 2010
dharma66 commented on the word trudge
*reminds me of Dan Aykroyd in 'The Gift of Winter' 1974
"trudge, trudge, trudge..."
August 11, 2011
bilby commented on the word trudge
See also tridge.
March 5, 2016