Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense trudges, present participle trudging, past tense, past participle trudged
verb
If you trudge somewhere, you walk there slowly and with heavy steps, especially because you are tired or unhappy.
We had to trudge up the track back to the station. [VERB preposition/adverb]
Synonyms: plod, trek, tramp, traipse [informal] More Synonyms of trudge
Trudge is also a noun.
We were reluctant to start the long trudge home.
More Synonyms of trudge
trudge in British English
(trʌdʒ)
verb
1. (intransitive)
to walk or plod heavily or wearily
2. (transitive)
to pass through or over by trudging
noun
3.
a long tiring walk
Derived forms
trudger (ˈtrudger)
noun
Word origin
C16: of obscure origin
trudge in American English
(trʌdʒ)
verb intransitiveWord forms: trudged or ˈtrudging
1.
to walk, esp. wearily or laboriously
noun
2.
a walk or tramp, esp. a wearying, tedious one
Derived forms
trudger (ˈtrudger)
noun
Examples of 'trudge' in a sentence
trudge
We all trudged back to the pub.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Five times he has trudged away with that horrible, sinking feeling of defeat.
The Sun (2017)
Together they trudged away from the compound.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
This was the third time in three years they have trudged back south pointless.
The Sun (2012)
There were no fireworks or opera singers as the players trudged off.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Now they were trudging home again with their meagre earnings and a bag of rice.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They turned and trudged back to the car and warmed themselves.
Christianity Today (2000)
That made the gruelling trudge back towards base camp all the harder to bear.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Or they trudged miles to work.
The Sun (2015)
Many of both groups have joined or will join the trudge back to mum and dad when their student days are over.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The long trudge goalwards, the much quicker or much slower return.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The Wimbledon crowd was given a desultory wave by their hero as he trudged away.
The Sun (2009)
With play suspended on the outside courts, fans were forced to trudge off home.
The Sun (2011)
He tore off his vest as he trudged angrily away, left.
The Sun (2011)
So, with another oath he turned and trudged back the way he had come.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The 36 disappointed people trudged away.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
As the players trudged off after 90 gladiatorial minutes, there was more drama.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
After the recriminations, the England team could only trudge back home in comprehensive defeat for the second time this year.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
All with the cheerful smile of women who know they don't have to trudge off to work on Monday morning to pay the bills.
The Sun (2006)
She merely lowered her head and trudged away, feeling eyes on the back of her head, listening to the sound of creaking wheels slowly diminish behind her.
Tepper, Sheri S. A Plague of Angels (1993)
In other languages
trudge
British English: trudge VERB
If you trudge somewhere, you walk there slowly and with heavy steps, especially because you are tired or unhappy.
We had to trudge up the track back to the station.
American English: trudge
Brazilian Portuguese: andar com dificuldade
Chinese: 步履艰难地走
European Spanish: caminar penosamente
French: se traîner
German: sich dahinschleppen
Italian: trascinarsi a fatica
Japanese: のろのろと歩く
Korean: 터벅터벅 걷다
European Portuguese: andar com dificuldade
Latin American Spanish: caminar penosamente
(verb)
Definition
to walk or plod heavily or wearily
We had to trudge up the track back to the station.
Synonyms
plod
He plodded slowly up the hill.
trek
They trekked from shop to shop looking for knee-length socks.
tramp
They put on their coats and tramped through the fallen snow.
traipse (informal)
I traipsed from one doctor to another.
march
A Scottish battalion was marching down the street.
stump
The marshal stumped out of the room.
hike
You could hike through the Fish River Canyon.
clump
They went clumping up the stairs to bed.
lumber
He turned and lumbered back to his chair.
slog
The men had to slog up a muddy incline.
drag yourself
yomp
walk heavily
footslog
(noun)
Definition
a long tiring walk
We were reluctant to start the long trudge home.
Synonyms
tramp
He had just come from a day-long tramp on some wild moor.
march
After a short march, the column entered the village.
haul
trek
It's a bit of a trek, but it's worth it.
hike
a hike around the cluster of hills
slog
a slog through heather and bracken
traipse (informal)
It's rather a long traipse from here. Let's take a bus.
yomp
footslog
Additional synonyms
in the sense of clump
Definition
to walk or tread heavily
They went clumping up the stairs to bed.
Synonyms
stomp,
stamp,
stump,
thump,
lumber,
tramp,
plod,
thud,
clomp
in the sense of hike
Definition
to walk a long way in the country, usually for pleasure
You could hike through the Fish River Canyon.
Synonyms
walk,
march,
trek,
ramble,
tramp,
leg it (informal),
back-pack,
hoof it (slang)
in the sense of hike
Definition
a long walk
a hike around the cluster of hills
Synonyms
walk,
march,
trek,
ramble,
tramp,
traipse,
journey on foot
Nearby words of
trudge
truck
truckle
truculent
trudge
true
true-blue
truism
Synonyms of 'trudge'
trudge
Explore 'trudge' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of lumber
Definition
to move awkwardly and heavily
He turned and lumbered back to his chair.
Synonyms
plod,
shuffle,
shamble,
trudge,
stump,
clump,
waddle,
trundle,
lump along
in the sense of march
Definition
(of an army, procession, etc.) to walk as an organized group
A Scottish battalion was marching down the street.
Synonyms
parade,
walk,
file,
pace,
stride,
tread,
tramp,
swagger,
footslog
in the sense of march
Definition
a long or exhausting walk
After a short march, the column entered the village.
Synonyms
walk,
trek,
hike,
tramp,
slog,
yomp (British, informal),
routemarch
in the sense of slog
Definition
to make one's way with difficulty
The men had to slog up a muddy incline.
Synonyms
trudge,
tramp,
plod,
trek,
hike,
traipse (informal),
yomp,
walk heavily,
footslog
in the sense of slog
Definition
a long and difficult walk
a slog through heather and bracken
Synonyms
trudge,
tramp,
trek,
hike,
traipse (informal),
yomp,
footslog
in the sense of stump
Definition
to walk with heavy steps
The marshal stumped out of the room.
Synonyms
stamp,
clump,
stomp (informal),
trudge,
plod,
clomp
in the sense of traipse
Definition
to walk heavily or tiredly
I traipsed from one doctor to another.
Synonyms
trudge,
trail,
tramp,
slouch,
drag yourself,
footslog
in the sense of traipse
Definition
a long or tiring walk
It's rather a long traipse from here. Let's take a bus.
Synonyms
trudge,
trek,
tramp,
slog,
long walk
in the sense of trek
Definition
to make a trek
They trekked from shop to shop looking for knee-length socks.