Definition of DRUDGE

drudge

Plural: drudges

Noun

  • one who works hard at boring tasks
  • a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
  • A person who works in a low servile job.
  • Someone who works for (and may be taken advantage of by) someone else.

Verb

Verb Forms: drudged, drudging, drudges

  • To perform hard, menial, or tedious work.
  • work hard
    • "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
  • To labour in (or as in) a low servile job.

Examples

  • drudge work
  • Some players drudge through their letters, searching for any valid word.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English druggen, which is possibly related to Old English drēogan (“to do; to suffer”).

Synonyms

dig, fag, galley slave, grind, hack, hacker, labor, labour, moil, navvy, peon, toil, travail

Scrabble Score: 9

drudge: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
drudge: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
drudge: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

drudge: valid Words With Friends Word