Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trudge

/tɹʌd͡ʒ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English

Syllables: trudge
IPA: /tɹʌd͡ʒ/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tramp, i.e. a long and tiring walk.

verb

To walk wearily with heavy, slow steps.

Intransitive verb

verb

To trudge along or over a route etc.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The morning after the landslip, with rain still pouring down, it was an unpleasant trudge through deep mud to get there."
"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."

Etymology

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”).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /tɹʌd͡ʒ/
British English: /tɹʌd͡ʒ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

trudges (plural) trudges (present, singular) trudging (participle, present) trudged (participle, past) trudged (past)

Derived Forms

trudger

Synonyms

slog footslog plod pad tramp

Rhymes With

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

Questions

How do you pronounce trudge?: The recorded pronunciation is /tɹʌd͡ʒ/.
What does trudge mean?: A tramp, i.e. a long and tiring walk.
Where does trudge come from?: 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”).

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