plodge

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UK/plɒdʒ/

verb

To wade or splash around especially in the sea, or in puddles or mud.

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Meanings

plodge1

verbplodge (third-person singular simple present plodges, present participle plodging or plodgin, simple past and past participle plodged)

present singular third person plodges · participle present plodging · participle present plodgin · participle past plodged · past plodged

  1. GeordieWearsideTo wade or splash around especially in the sea, or in puddles or mud.

plodge2

nounplodge (plural plodges)

plural plodges

  1. abbreviationcontractionOxbridge slangContraction of porter's lodge.

    The college system protects you, but it is very unfair to say that people at Oxbridge are not living in the real world. They do have some odd slang. ‘I'll p-hole you in the plodge’ meaning ‘I will leave a note for you in the porter’s lodge’ is just one example.

    1991 January 14, Alice Thomson, “Knuckling down to the new realism”, in The Times, page 26

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
porter's lodge

Origin

plodge · verb

Compare dialectal English plud (“puddle”), from Middle English pludde (“small pool, puddle”).

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plodge · noun

Blend of porter's + lodge.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with plodge

lodgedodgehodgerogdislodgepodgesplodgebodgecodgeKwajProdgestodgewodge
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Cite this entry
APA

plodge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plodge

MLA

“plodge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plodge. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plodge,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plodge.

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