trudge
trudge · trudges
Stapfen, quälender Marsch, Stapferei
A tramp, i.e. a long and tiring walkA tramp, i.e. a long and tiring walk.
/tɹʌd͡ʒ/
» Tom trudged up the stairs to his apartment.
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1 sensesA tramp, i.e. a long and tiring walk.
Stapfen, Stapferei, quälender Marsch
a long difficult walk
Examples
22 sentencesTom trudged up the stairs to his apartment.
Tom trudged through the snow.
They went trudging across the desert.
Daniel trudged back to his room.
Igor was trudging through thick undergrowth.
Translations
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By meaning 1
long and tiring walk:
Origin
Mid-16th century. Original meaning was somewhat idiomatic, meaning "to walk using snowshoeMid-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”).
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