Meanings
present singular third person trudges · participle present trudging · participle past trudged · past trudged
- intransitiveTo walk wearily with heavy, slow steps.
1 more example
2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text This famous archaeological site marks the farthest limit of human migration out of Africa in the middle Stone Age—the outer edge of our knowledge of the cosmos. I trudge to the caves in a squall.
- transitiveTo trudge along or over a route etc.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbwalk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Mid-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”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian дълъг път, стъпвам тежко
- дълъг път (dălăg păt)long and tiring walk
- стъпвам тежко (stăpvam težko)to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
- влача се (vlača se)to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
Chinese Mandarin 長途跋涉 /长途跋涉, 吃力地行走
- 長途跋涉 /长途跋涉 (chángtúbáshè)long and tiring walk
- 吃力地行走 (chīlì de xíngzǒu)to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
Czech plahočit se, vléci se
- plahočit seto walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
- vléci seto walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
Danish traske
- trasketo walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
Dutch sloffen
- sloffento walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
Esperanto marŝo
- marŝolong and tiring walk
Finnish vaivalloinen matka, laahustaa
- vaivalloinen matkalong and tiring walk
- laahustaato walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
- tarpoato walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
French marcher, crapahuter
- marcherlong and tiring walk
- crapahuterto walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
German Stapfen, Stapferei
- Stapfenlong and tiring walk
- Stapfereilong and tiring walk
- quälender Marschlong and tiring walk
- sich schleppento walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
- trottento walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
- stapfento walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
Hungarian vánszorog
- vánszorogto walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
Japanese 重い足取りで歩く, とぼとぼと歩く
- 重い足取りで歩く (omoi ashidori de aruku)to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
- とぼとぼと歩く (tobotobo to aruku)to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
Norwegian Bokmål stampe, traske
- stampeto walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
- trasketo walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
Portuguese andar com dificuldade, arrastar-se
- andar com dificuldadelong and tiring walk
- arrastar-seto walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
Russian тащи́ться, волочи́ться
- тащи́ться (taščítʹsja)to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
- волочи́ться (voločítʹsja)to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
- ковыля́ть (kovyljátʹ)to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
- идти́ с трудо́м (idtí s trudóm)to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
- плести́сь (plestísʹ)to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
- ча́пать (čápatʹ)to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
Spanish marcha ardua, caminata fatigosa
- marcha ardualong and tiring walk
- caminata fatigosalong and tiring walk
Swedish elefanta, stövla
- elefantato walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
- stövlato walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
Tamil உந்துதல், நகர்தல்
- உந்துதல் (untutal)long and tiring walk
- நகர்தல் (nakartal)long and tiring walk
Ukrainian плентатися, плестися
- плентатися (plentatysja)to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
- плестися (plestysja)to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
- чалапати (čalapaty)to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
- ледве йти (ledve jty)to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
Welsh troediad, helcyd
- troediadlong and tiring walk
- helcydlong and tiring walk
- troedioto walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
- ymlwybroto walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with trudge
Cite this entry
trudge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trudge
“trudge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trudge. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trudge,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trudge.
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