Term Gallery logo

Meanings of trudge (trudging) in English

Catalan
caminar de puntetes

Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud.

caminar de puntetes
Synonyms
Examples for "pad"
Examples for "pad"
1
Would that work? Eric held a pen over a pad of paper.
Dead air
2
Reporters will, however, only have a pen and pad to work on.
Reuters
3
Forty-five years ago, Rione said, her eyes on her data pad again.
Beyond The Frontier: Guardian
4
That much is true, right? She eased the pad back to him.
Raging Heat
5
Rae set aside the pad of paper and glanced at the clock.
God's gift
1
Workers no longer tramp or cycle home but drive warm, smart cars.
The Irish Times
2
Presently the heavy tramp of the patrol was heard in the street.
The Golden Dog
3
The General rose, and once more his military tramp shook the gallery.
Monsieur de Camors — Complete
4
At this instant the tramp of horses was heard in the courtyard.
The Commission in Lunacy
5
He heard the tramp of a million feet in the great cities.
New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904 / ...
1
It means everyone involved questioning whether the hard slog is worth it.
The Irish Times
2
So how come cycling in Ireland is still such a hard slog?
The Irish Times
3
He always judges how good a team is by that 38-game slog.
The Guardian
4
It was a slog; I began before iTunes, using its precursor SoundJam.
The Guardian
5
As I write that Trott tries a slog-sweep, but no damage done.
The Guardian
1
So for the first three days we plod south and then eastward.
Waiting for the Barbarians
2
As it was, he would have to plod along the muddy path.
The hangman's daughter
3
There were muddy roads to plod through and treacherous sloughs to cross.
The Eagle's Heart
4
If you are dull, remember the inch-worm, take courage, and plod away.
Fifty-Two Story Talks to Boys and Girls
5
Finally it came to him, immensely remote, a rhythmic plod, plod, plod.
The Devil's Garden
1
His father, Aime had long since been converted from the tradition of the tiresome footslog.
The Irish Times
Usage of trudging in English
1
Walking in loose gravel was as hard as trudging along in sand.
Tales of lonely trails
2
They huddled together in clumps, periodically trudging forward as the line moved.
Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World & Other Stories
3
The dust of his motor chokes the citizen trudging home from work.
The "Goldfish" / Being the Confessions af a Successful Man
4
She saw a line of five-and-forty weary horses trudging toward the Varden.
Brisingr
5
The Indian was trudging along with a heavy pack on his back.
History of the Donner Party: A Tragedy of the Sierra
6
Occasionally he passed dull-looking peasants, trudging on foot or riding lethargic mules.
Secret of the seventh son
7
Marvin considered this, then wheeled and started trudging angrily up the hill.
Gutshot straight
8
An hour later the same bunch were seen trudging back to 019.
The Delta of the Triple Elevens / The History of Battery D, 311t...
9
While Cutter and the others continued their trudging, he would ride out.
Iron Council
10
I find myself trudging through the dating game, but am relatively unscathed.
Ebony
11
I followed him in, trudging through the torrent, bodysurfing when I could.
The sex lives of cannibals: adrift in the equatorial pacific
12
The flock dutifully began trudging back up the slopes toward the cave.
The Sea of Monsters
13
But still they kept trudging stoutly forward, and talking as they went.
Tanglewood Tales
14
He glanced back at the sleeping child before trudging up the pathway.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
15
She walked beside him-workmanof workmen he was, trudging with that luggage.
England, My England
16
Bending into the full force of the gale, he began trudging forward.
Wild Storm
About this term
More collocations
Translations for trudging
Trudging through the time
Trudging across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common