trudge

WOTD - 25 May 2006    

English

Etymology

Origin unknown.

Pronunciation

• (RP, US) IPA: /trʌʤ/

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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

Finnish: vaivalloinen matka (fi)

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

Danish: traske (da) Dutch: sloffen (nl)

Finnish: laahustaa (fi), tarpoa (fi) German: sich schleppen, trotten, mit schweren Schritten gehen

References

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