— plodder , n. — ploddingly , adv. — ploddingness , n.
/plod/ , v. , plodded, plodding , n.
v.i.
1. to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge: to plod under the weight of a burden.
2. to proceed in a tediously slow manner: The play just plodded along in the second act.
3. to work with constant and monotonous perseverance; drudge.
v.t.
4. to walk heavily over or along.
n.
5. the act or a course of plodding.
6. a sound of a heavy tread.
[ 1555-65; perh. imit. ]
Syn. 1. See pace 1 . 3. toil, moil, labor.