trudge

¹trudge

verb \ˈtrəj\

trudgedtrudg·ing

Definition of TRUDGE

intransitive verb

: to walk or march steadily and usually laboriously <trudged through deep snow>

transitive verb

: to trudge along or over

— trudg·er noun

Examples of TRUDGE

1. I was trudging through the snow.
2. She trudged up the hill.

Origin of TRUDGE

origin unknown

First Known Use: 1547

Related to TRUDGE

Synonyms: barge, clomp, clump, flog [British], flounder, galumph, lump, plod, pound, scuff, scuffle, shamble, shuffle, slog, slough, stamp, stomp, stumble, stump, tramp, tromp, lumber

Antonyms: breeze, coast, glide, slide, waltz, whisk

Related Words: drag, flop, haul; blunder, careen, dodder, lurch, reel, stagger, sway, teeter, totter, waddle, weave, wobble (also wabble)

Near Antonyms: drift, float, hang, hover, poise, waft

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Rhymes with TRUDGE

bludge, budge, drudge, fudge, grudge, judge, nudge, sludge, smudge