About The Word Drudge

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Drudge

Drudge Meaning & Definition
Drudge Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Drudge?

[n] a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
[n] one who works hard at boring tasks
[v] work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Drudge: dig | fag | galley slave | grind | hack | hacker | labor | labour | moil | navvy | peon | toil | travail

Related Terms | Find terms related to Drudge: administer to | attend | attend on | be busy | beast of burden | care for | chore | dance attendance upon | dig | do for | do service to | domestic | domestic servant | donkeywork | dray horse | drudgery | fag | galley slave | greasy grind | grind | grub | grubber | hack | hammer | hammer away | help | hireling | keep doggedly at | labor | lackey | look after | maid | menial | mercenary | minister to | moil | muck | pander to | peg | peg away | peon | plod | plodder | plow | plug | plug along | plug at | plug away | plugging | pound | pound away | scullion | servant | serve | servitor | slave | slavery | slavey | slog | slog away | slogger | swot | take care of | tend | toil | toiler | travail | turnspit | upon | valet | wade through | wait | wait on | work | work away | work for | workhorse

See Also | do work | jack | laborer | labourer | manual laborer | plodder | slogger | unskilled person | work

Drudge In Webster's Dictionary

\Drudge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drudged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drudging}.] [OE. druggen; prob not akin to E. drag, v. t., but fr. Celtic; cf. Ir. drugaire a slave or drudge.] To perform menial work; to labor in mean or unpleasant offices with toil and fatigue. He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers for whom he drudged. --Macaulay.
\Drudge\, v. t. To consume laboriously; -- with away. Rise to our toils and drudge away the day. --Otway.
\Drudge\, n. One who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a mental servant. --Milton.

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