Hypertext Webster Gateway: "trudge"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Trudge \Trudge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trudged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Trudging}.] [Perhaps of Scand. origin, and originally
meaning, to walk on snowshoes; cf. dial. Sw. truga, trudja, a
snowshoe, Norw. truga, Icel. [thorn]r[=u]ga.]
To walk or march with labor; to jog along; to move wearily.
And trudged to Rome upon my naked feet. --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
trudge
n : a long difficult walk
v 1: walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud;
"Donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle around a gin"
D.H. Lawrence [syn: {slog}, {footslog}, {plod}, {pad}, {tramp}]
2: to walk or proceed draggingly, slowly: "Snow buried the
streets and covered the slanting rooftops, as John trudged
toward St. Peter's." [syn: {trail}, {shack}]
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