Definition of Trudge

1. Noun. A long difficult walk.

Generic synonyms: Hike, Hiking, Tramp

2. Verb. Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud. "They trudge up the hill"; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"
Exact synonyms: Footslog, Pad, Plod, Slog, Tramp
Generic synonyms: Walk
Specialized synonyms: Slop, Slosh, Splash, Splosh, Squelch, Squish
Derivative terms: Footslogger, Pad, Plodder, Plodder, Plodder, Plodding, Tramper, Trudger

Definition of Trudge

1. v. i. To walk or march with labor; to jog along; to move wearily.

Definition of Trudge

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

2. Verb. (intransitive) To walk wearily with heavy, slow steps. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To trudge along or over a route etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Trudge

1. to walk tiredly [v TRUDGED, TRUDGING, TRUDGES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trudge

truckmaster
truckmasters
truckmen
trucks
truckway
truckways
trucky
truckyard
truckyards
truculence
truculences
truculencies
truculency
truculent
truculently
trudge (current term)
trudged
trudgeman
trudgen
trudgens
trudgeon
trudgeons
trudger
trudgers
trudges
trudging
trudgings
true
true(a)
true(p)

Literary usage of Trudge

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The British Drama: A Collection of the Most Esteemed Tragedies, Comedies (1859)
"So now to find trudge, and trump up a story, 111 the true style of a ... trudge. No such thing; I practised my politeness all the while I was in the woods. ..."

2. Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical by John Cumberland (1827)
"trudge. However, I bid him cheer up; told him, to stick to my elbow : took ... trudge. But what does I do, but whips out my desk- knife, that I used to cut ..."

3. Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical & Critical. Printed by Thomas Dolby, George Damiel, D. G., G. D., John Cumberland (1827)
"trudge- But what does I do, but whips out my desk- knife, that I used to cut the ... trudge. Yes; I remember we fed on the flitch for a week. Pat. Lord! ..."

4. A Few Chapters in Workshop Re-construction and Citizenship by Charles Robert Ashbee (1894)
"THOMAS trudge, TRADE UNIONIST. In the last two chapters I have dwelt upon the ... Next time you see your friend—what's his name—trudge —of whom you talk so ..."

5. The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the by Inchbald, Elizabeth Inchbald (1808)
"Iss. trudge. Iss ! and you learnt it from a strange man, that tumbled from a ... trudge. Then, what the devil made them so surprized at seeing us ! was he ..."

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