trudger
- noun
- /ˈtrʌdʒər/
- The trudger made his way through the muddy path, each step feeling like a great effort.
Examples
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"A steady trudger, that's what I am."
Fiction book (2001) -
After hours of hiking uphill, he became a slow, heavy trudger, struggling to keep his pace.
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As the storm worsened, she became a trudger across the snow-covered field, laboring through the tough conditions.
Synonyms
A person who walks with heavy noisy steps and stamps their feet
A person who walks slowly while dragging their feet
A person who walks slowly with heavy, tiring steps
A person who walks slowly with heavy, tiring steps
A person who walks with heavy noisy steps
A person who walks with very heavy, noisy steps
A person who walks with heavy noisy steps that sound like thumps
Antonyms
How Laborious
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word trudger comes from the verb trudge, which means 'to walk slowly and with effort'. The ending -er means 'one who does something', so a trudger is someone who moves in a slow, heavy way, often because they are tired or the path is hard.