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Mid-16th century. Original meaning was somewhat idiomatic, meaning "to walk using snowshoes." Probably of Scandinavian origin, compare Icelandic þrūga (“snowshoe”), Norwegian truga (“snowshoe”) and dialectal Swedish trudja (“snowshoe”).

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trudge (plural trudges)

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

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trudge (third-person singular simple present trudges, present participle trudging, simple past and past participle trudged)

( intransitive ) To walk wearily with heavy, slow steps. 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1] 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. ( transitive ) To trudge along or over a route etc.

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