trek
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trek¹
- /tɹɛk/
Rhymes with -ɛk
Where it comes from
From Afrikaans trek, from Dutch trekken, from Middle Dutch trekken (weak verb) and trēken (“to trek, place, bring, move”, strong verb), from Old Dutch *trekkan, *trekan, from Proto-West Germanic *trekan, from Proto-Germanic *trekaną, *trakjaną (“to drag, haul, scrape, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreg- (“to drag, scrape”).
noun treks · treck
verb treks · trekking · trekked · treck
- To make a slow or arduous journey. Before that they had been a good deal on the move, trekking about after the white man, who was one of those rolling stones that keep going round after a soft job.
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To journey on foot, especially to hike through mountainous areas.
Similar: tramp
- To travel by ox wagon.
- To travel by walking.
Trek²
proper noun
- Abbreviation of Star Trek Spock’s half-brother Cybok virtually brought Kirk and McCoy to their knees with a simple imposing of their own self-reflection. […] it gave the writers of Trek a generic bad guy that is best described as a eccentric-lunatic genius on a personal quest which consequently affects the universe on a cata
adjective more Trek · most Trek
- Abbreviation of Star Trek
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: marche, shipment, travel, walkabout, voyage, migration, excursion, journey, odyssey, outing, touring, trip, hiking, ride, movement, hike
Translations
Talk about this word "trek." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/trek. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. trek. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/trek "trek." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/trek.Cite this
@misc{trek_2026,
title = {trek},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/trek},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
