plodding
pronunciation
How to pronounce plodding in British English:
UK [ˈplɒdɪŋ]
How to pronounce plodding in American English:
US [ˈplɑdɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- hard monotonous routine work
- the act of walking with a slow heavy gait
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- Adjective:
- (of movement) slow and laborious
Word Origin
- plodding (adj.)
- "diligent and dull," 1580s, present participle adjective from plod (v.).
Example
- 1. That follows a much more plodding and analytic approach .
- 2. I hear here plodding down quickly .
- 3. The difference between plodding and bursting is largely a matter of how you prefer to manage your energy .
- 4. Instead of plodding through history , dynasty by dynasty , textbooks are now arranged by themes such as politics and economics .
- 5. Supplies and some of its personnel aboard the powerful , plodding elephants which are aform of native transport dating back centuries to hannibal during the first punic war .