trudge

1 of 2

verb

trudged; trudging

intransitive verb

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

transitive verb

: to trudge along or over
trudger noun

trudge

2 of 2

noun

: a long tiring walk : tramp

Examples of trudge in a Sentence

Verb I was trudging through the snow. She trudged up the hill. Noun a trudge across the snow
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Even as the year comes to an end, some of these legislative efforts continue to trudge their way forward. Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 28 Dec. 2023 As the Chiefs poured on to the field — and red and yellow confetti poured from cannons — the 49ers trudged off it, absorbing their second punch-to-the-gut Super Bowl loss to Kansas City in five years. Billy Witz, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024 Troconis is currently on trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Stamford, as hearings that began in January trudge onward and the prosecution presents its case in meticulous detail. Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2024 Kershaw trudged quietly out of Dodger Stadium that October night after giving up six runs to the first eight Arizona Diamondbacks hitters in a nightmarish playoff opener, his pitiful appearance draped with the saddest of questions. Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2024 Bills Mafia Nice showing from a crew that trudged through the snow to get a frigid viewing of a playoff conquest. Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2024 Americans are trudging through a loneliness epidemic, an economy marked by high inflation, a world rife with socioeconomic turmoil and climate change. Chloe Berger, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2024 Warriors dropped like flies as two of the oldest teams in the NBA trudged into the deepest part of overtime. Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2024 By the time Iowans trudged through the snowy night to cast their votes, his victory was all but certain. TIME, 16 Jan. 2024
Noun
The music never gets very loud or very soft, fast, or high: The mood is politely mournful, the pace a frequently funereal trudge. An Epic Set, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2024 Although Aspen is both an all-year town, as January trudges on, Vogue has compiled our favorite local haunts and buzzy hangouts for the season. Elise Taylor, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2024 Our lead, Joe Rance (Callum Turner), trudges to campus from a Hooverville; later, the coach Al Ulbrickson (Joel Edgerton), pokes around his crew’s lockers to count the holes in their shoes. Amy Nicholson, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023 Some homes are cloaked in blue construction tarps, signaling a slow trudge forward, but many more remain in shambles. Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023 As the anxious, aspiring Cambridge postgrad, Labbadia glowers and snaps and trudges around in a dirty bathrobe, playing a first-person shooter on a handheld gaming console and sullenly bouncing a tennis ball off the wall. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2023 Hiker talks about his climb to the top and his hopes for a new adventure Aug. 1, 2023 Hikers who make their way to the top of Half Dome rely on a cable-suspension system to help with the last leg of the climb — a steep trudge up a slick and sheer granite surface. Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023 To longtime followers of the ins and outs of climate policy, the trip was an important stop on the trudge to the United Nations climate conference to be held in Dubai this fall. Justin Worland, Time, 20 July 2023 Russia’s Campaign for Global Counter-Revolution (Oxford University, 603 pp., $29.95) is a trudge to read, but its encyclopedic descriptions can yield interesting details and some solid tactical analysis. Thomas E. Ricks, New York Times, 13 July 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Verb

origin unknown

First Known Use

Verb

1547, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Noun

1835, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of trudge was in 1547

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Cite this Entry

“Trudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trudge. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

trudge

1 of 2 verb
trudged; trudging
: to walk or march steadily and usually with much effort
trudged through deep snow
trudger noun

trudge

2 of 2 noun
: a long tiring walk : tramp

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