trudge

Other forms of trudge

plural

trudges·

past tense

trudged·

present participle

trudging·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about trudge

What does trudge mean?

trudge means "a long difficult walk". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in trudge?

trudge has 1 syllable: trudge. In IPA it is /ˈtɹʌdʒ/.

What is another word for trudge?

Close synonyms include slog, footslog, plod, pad, tramp. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is trudge a common word?

trudge is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.