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plod

UK/plɒd/ US/plɑd/ rare obsolete uk

verb

1.

walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud

  • “Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone”
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Origin

From Middle English *plodden (found only in derivative plodder), probably originally a splash through water and mud, from plodde, pludde (“a puddle”) (whence modern plud). Compare Scots plod, plodge, plodder, dialectal Dutch plodden, plodderen, dialectal German ploddern, Danish pladder (“mire”).

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  • plastic plod

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