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trudge
English
Etymology
Mid-16th century. Original meaning was somewhat idiomatic, meaning "to walk using snowshoes." Probably of Scandinavian origin, compare Icelandic þr?ga (“snowshoe”), Norwegian truga (“snowshoe”) and dialectal Swedish trudja (“snowshoe”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /t??d?/
- Rhymes: -?d?
Noun
trudge (plural trudges)
- A tramp, i.e. a long and tiring walk.
Translations
Verb
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.
- 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]
- (transitive) To trudge along or over a route etc.
Derived terms
- trudger
Translations
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
- “trudge”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
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hump
English
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Dutch homp (“hump, lump”) or Middle Low German hump (“heap, hill, stump”), from Old Saxon *hump (“hill, heap, thick piece”), from Proto-Germanic *humpaz (“hip, height”), from Proto-Indo-European *kumb- (“curved”).
Pronunciation
- (Canada, UK) IPA(key): /h?mp/
- Rhymes: -?mp
Noun
hump (plural humps)
- A mound of earth.
- A speed hump.
- A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.
- (animals) A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu.
- (slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
- (Britain, slang, with definite article) A bad mood.
- She's got the hump with me.
- Go away! You're giving me the right hump.
- (slang) A painfully boorish person.
- That guy is such a hump!
- A wave that forms in front of an operating hovercraft and impedes progress at low speeds.
Synonyms
- (abnormal deformity of the spine): gibbous, humpback, hunch, hunchback
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
hump (third-person singular simple present humps, present participle humping, simple past and past participle humped)
- (transitive) To bend something into a hump.
- (transitive, intransitive) To carry (something), especially with some exertion.
- to rhythmically thrust the pelvis in a manner conducive to sexual intercourse
- (transitive, intransitive) To dry-hump.
- (transitive, intransitive) To have sex (with).
- (transitive, intransitive) To dry-hump.
- (US, slang, dated) To prepare for a great exertion; to put forth effort.
- (slang, dated) To vex or annoy.
- (rail transport) To shunt wagons / freight cars over the hump in a hump yard.
Synonyms
- (to carry): heft, shoulder, tote; see also Thesaurus:carry
- (to go on foot): hike, trek, walk; see also Thesaurus:walk
- (to have sex): bang, bone, ride, shag; see also Thesaurus:copulate or Thesaurus:copulate with
- (to vex): bother, irk, rile; see also Thesaurus:annoy
Derived terms
- dry-hump
- hump it
Translations
Anagrams
- phum, umph
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Possibly related to Low German humpel, compare with English hump.
Noun
hump m (definite singular humpen, indefinite plural humper, definite plural humpene)
- a bump or hump (e.g. in a road)
Derived terms
- fartshump
References
- “hump” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Possibly related to Low German humpel, compare with English hump.
Noun
hump m (definite singular humpen, indefinite plural humpar, definite plural humpane)
- a bump or hump (e.g. in a road)
Derived terms
- fartshump
References
- “hump” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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