Definition of PLOD

plod

Plural: plods

Noun

  • the act of walking with a slow heavy gait
    • "I could recognize his plod anywhere"
  • A slow or labored walk or other motion or activity.
  • A puddle.
  • the police, police officers
  • a police officer, especially a low-ranking one.

Verb

Verb Forms: plodded, plodding, plods

  • To walk heavily and slowly, often with effort.
  • walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
    • "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"
  • To walk or move slowly and heavily or laboriously (+ on, through, over).
  • To trudge over or through.
  • To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently.
  • To extrude (soap, margarine, etc.) through a die plate so it can be cut into billets.

Examples

  • He had to PLOD through the dictionary to find a word that would fit his tricky tiles.
  • We started at a brisk walk and ended at a plod.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English *plodden (found only in derivative plodder), probably originally a splash through water and mud, from plodde, pludde (“a puddle”) (whence modern plud). Compare Scots plod, plodge, plodder, dialectal Dutch plodden, plodderen, dialectal German ploddern, Danish pladder (“mire”).

Synonyms

footslog, pad, plodding, slog, tramp, trudge, police, police officer

Scrabble Score: 7

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

Words With Friends Score: 9

plod: valid Words With Friends Word