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• trudge — I. verb (trudged; trudging) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1547 intransitive verb to walk or march steadily and usually laboriously < trudged through deep snow > transitive verb to trudge along or over • trudger noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• trudge — 1. noun /trʌʤ/ A tramp, i.e. a long and tiring walk. 2. verb /trʌʤ/ a) To walk wearily with heavy, slow steps. b) To trudge along or over a route etc …   Wiktionary

• Trudge — 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; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• trudge — [v] walk heavily clump, drag oneself*, footslog, hike, lumber, march, plod, plug along*, schlepp*, slog, step, stumble, stump, traipse, tramp, tread, trek, wade; concept 151 Ant. tiptoe …   New thesaurus

• trudge — verb ADVERB ▪ slowly ▪ She trudged slowly back to the office. ▪ wearily ▪ He trudged wearily on down the road. ▪ dejectedly, disconsolatel …   Collocations dictionary

• trudge — trudger, n. /truj/, v., trudged, trudging, n. v.i. 1. to walk, esp. laboriously or wearily: to trudge up a long flight of steps. v.t. 2. to walk laboriously or wearily along or over: He trudged the deserted road for hours. n. 3. a laborious or… …   Universalium

• trudge — 1 verb (intransitive always + adv/prep) to walk with slow, heavy steps, especially because you are tired: trudge home/along/through etc: The old man trudged home through the snow. 2 noun (singular) a long tiring walk …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• trudge — Synonyms and related words: airing, amble, andante, barge, bowl along, bundle, chug on, claudication, clump, constitutional, crawl, creep, dead march, dogtrot, drag, flounce, foot, footpace, footslog, forced march, funeral march, halt, hike,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• trudge — v 1. walk, tramp, march, plod, Inf. plug; drag, lumber, shuffle, Inf. galumph, Inf. stodge, traipse; chug, stump, Sl. schlepp, Inf. mosey, poke along; crawl along, inch along, creep, worm; limp, hobble; waddle, stagger, drag one s feet; flag, lag …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• along — adv. Along is used with these verbs: ↑bob, ↑crawl, ↑drift, ↑hum, ↑invite, ↑limp, ↑pull, ↑roll, ↑shuffle, ↑skip, ↑slither, ↑stumble, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• trudge — [[t]trʌdʒ[/t]] v. trudged, trudg•ing, n. 1) to walk, esp. laboriously or wearily 2) to walk laboriously or wearily along or over 3) a laborious or tiring walk; tramp • Etymology: 1540–50; perh. b. tread and drudge trudg′er, n …   From formal English to slang