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Definition of Trudge
1. Verb. Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud. "They trudge up the hill"; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"
Generic synonyms: Walk
Specialized synonyms: Slop, Slosh, Splash, Splosh, Squelch, Squish
Derivative terms: Footslogger, Pad, Plodder, Plodder, Plodder, Plodding, Tramper, Trudger
2. Noun. A long difficult walk.
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
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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