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- [plod]
- /plɒd/
- /ˈplɔdɪŋ/
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- [plod]
- /plɒd/
Definitions of plodding word
- verb without object plodding to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge: to plod under the weight of a burden. 1
- verb without object plodding to proceed in a tediously slow manner: The play just plodded along in the second act. 1
- verb without object plodding to work with constant and monotonous perseverance; drudge. 1
- verb with object plodding to walk heavily over or along. 1
- noun plodding the act or a course of plodding. 1
- noun plodding a sound of a heavy tread. 1
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Origin of plodding
First appearance:
before 1555 One of the 31% oldest English words
First recorded in 1555-65; perhaps imitative
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Parts of speech for Plodding
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
plodding popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
plodding usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for plodding
adj plodding
- banausic — merely mechanical; materialistic; utilitarian
- blah — You use blah, blah, blah to refer to something that is said or written without giving the actual words, because you think that they are boring or unimportant.
- cardboard — Cardboard is thick, stiff paper that is used, for example, to make boxes and models.
- dull as dishwater — water in which dishes are, or have been, washed.
- fireball — Sir Charles George Douglas, 1860–1943, Canadian poet and novelist.
adjective plodding
- dull — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- gradual — taking place, changing, moving, etc., by small degrees or little by little: gradual improvement in health.
- leaden — inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move: a leaden weight; leaden feet.
- longwinded — Alternative spelling of long-winded.
- onerous — burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship: onerous duties.
Antonyms for plodding
adj plodding
- blue streak — anything regarded as like a streak of lightning in speed, vividness, etc.
- chop chop — pidgin English for quickly
- chop-chop — with haste; quickly.
- double-time — to cause to move in double time: Double-time the troops to the mess hall.
- hypersonic — noting or pertaining to speed that is at least five times that of sound in the same medium.
adjective plodding
- expeditive — (obsolete) Performing with speed.
- fast — moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
- glued — Simple past tense and past participle of glue.
- wedged — having the shape of a wedge.
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