trudge
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trudge
- /tɹʌd͡ʒ/ UK, US
Rhymes with -ʌdʒ
Where it comes from
Mid-16th century. Original meaning was somewhat idiomatic, meaning "to walk using snowshoes." Probably of Scandinavian origin, compare Icelandic þrúga (“snowshoe”), Norwegian truga (“snowshoe”) and dialectal Swedish trudja (“snowshoe”).
noun trudges
- A tramp, i.e. a long and tiring walk. The morning after the landslip, with rain still pouring down, it was an unpleasant trudge through deep mud to get there.
verb trudges · trudging · trudged
- To walk wearily with heavy, slow steps. 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text This famous archaeological site marks the farthest limit of human migration out of Africa in the middle St
- To trudge along or over a route etc.
Translations
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noun long and tiring walk
| Español | marcha ardua, caminata fatigosa |
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| 中文 | 長途跋涉 /长途跋涉 chángtúbáshè |
| Português | andar com dificuldade |
| Français | marcher |
| Deutsch | Stapfen, Stapferei, quälender Marsch |
verb to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
| 日本語 | 重い足取りで歩く omoi ashidori de aruku, とぼとぼと歩く tobotobo to aruku |
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| 中文 | 吃力地行走 chīlì de xíngzǒu |
| Português | arrastar-se |
| Français | crapahuter |
| Deutsch | sich schleppen, trotten, stapfen |
| Русский | тащи́ться taščítʹsja, волочи́ться voločítʹsja, ковыля́ть kovyljátʹ, идти́ с трудо́м idtí s trudóm, плести́сь plestísʹ, ча́пать čápatʹ |
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title = {trudge},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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