trudge

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to walk slowly and heavily because one is tired or conditions are difficult

   We had to trudge through deep snow for the final mile.

2. 2
   noun

   a long, tiring, or difficult walk

   The station was an exhausting trudge from the village.

Attested from the mid-sixteenth century, trudge is of uncertain origin. It may be connected with Scandinavian words for a snowshoe, such as Norwegian truga, suggesting laborious movement over difficult ground.

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