trudge

WOTD – 25 May 2006    

English

Etymology

Origin unknown.

Pronunciation

• (RP, US) IPA: /trʌdʒ/

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• Rhymes: -ʌdʒ

Noun

trudge (plural trudges)

1. A tramp, i.e. a long and tiring walk.

Translations

A tramp, i.e. a long and tiring walk

• Tamil: உந்துதல் (ta), நகர்தல் (ta)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 長途跋涉 (cmn), 长途跋涉 (cmn) (chángtúbáshè)

• Finnish: vaivalloinen matka (fi)
• Russian: долгая и утомительная прогулка (dólgaja i utomítelʹnaja progúlka) f

Verb

trudge (third-person singular simple present trudges, present participle trudging, simple past and past participle trudged)

1. (intransitive) To walk wearily with heavy, slow steps.
2. (transitive) To trudge along or over a route etc.

Derived terms

• trudger

Translations

to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吃力地行走 (cmn) (chīlì de xíngzǒu)

• Danish: traske (da)
• Dutch: sloffen (nl)
• Finnish: laahustaa (fi), tarpoa (fi)

• German: sich schleppen (de), trotten (de), mit schweren Schritten gehen (de)
• Japanese: 重い足取りで歩く (ja) (omoi ashidri de aruku), とぼとぼと歩く (ja) (tobotobo aruku)
• Russian: тащиться (ru) (taščítʹsja), волочиться (ru) (voločítʹsja), ковылять (ru) (kovyljátʹ), идти с трудом (ru) (idtí s trudóm)

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967