plod
A slow or labored walk or other motion or activityA slow or labored walk or other motion or activity.
» The old man was plodding along.
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4 senses(uncountable)A slow or labored walk or other motion or activity.
We started at a brisk walk and ended at a plod.
(UK, derogatory, mildly, uncountable, usually, with definite article)The police, police officers
(UK, countable, derogatory, mildly, usually)A police officer, especially a low-ranking one.
(obsolete)A puddle.
- the act of walking with a slow heavy gait
Examples
6 sentencesThe old man was plodding along.
He's plodding along.
Every day Tom plods into work.
I have to plod through this material and remember the most important information and dates.
He goes cheerfully from one end of France to the other, singing as he plods along.
Origin
From Middle English *plodden (found only in derivative plodder), probably originally a splFrom Middle English *plodden (found only in derivative plodder), probably originally a splash through water and mud, from plodde, pludde (“a puddle”) (whence modern plud). Compare Scots plod, plodge, plodder, dialectal Dutch plodden, plodderen, dialectal German ploddern, Danish pladder (“mire”).
From Middle English plod. Cognate with Danish pladder (“mire”).
From PC Plod.
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