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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

drudge

/dɹʌd͡ʒ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.61 in modern English

Syllables
drudge
IPA
/dɹʌd͡ʒ/
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who works in a low servile job.

noun

Someone who works for (and may be taken advantage of by) someone else.

Derogatory

verb

To labour in (or as in) a low servile job.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English druggen, perhaps from Old English *dryċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *druggjan, from Proto-Germanic *drugjaną, a denominative built to a lost noun *drugjaz (preserved in Old English Dryċġhelm), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-; compare Old English drēogan (“to do; to suffer”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: druggen, *dʰrewgʰ-

Usage

Inflected Forms

drudges (plural) drudges (present, singular) drudging (participle, present) drudged (participle, past) drudged (past)

Derived Forms

drudgery drudgy drudger drudgerie drudgework drudgingly

Frequently Paired Words

dree adree

Synonyms

peon minion navvy galley slave hack hacker labor labour toil fag travail grind

Rhymes With

judge fudge grudge budge sludge nudge smudge begrudge trudge misjudge mudge rudge

Questions

How do you pronounce drudge?
The recorded pronunciation is /dɹʌd͡ʒ/.
What does drudge mean?
A person who works in a low servile job.
Where does drudge come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce drudge

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