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Definition of drudge

drudge

/drʌdʒ/
drudge
Plural:drudges
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Past Simple:drudged
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Past Participle:drudged
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Present Participle:drudging
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• noun

1

A person made to do hard, menial, or dull work.

Example

"He felt like a mere office drudge after spending another entire weekend sorting through old tax receipts."

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• verb

1

To do hard, menial, or monotonous work.

Example

"The interns had to drudge through thousands of pages of archival records to verify the historical data."

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• Rhymes for drudge

• Nearby Words

drowsiness
drowsy
drubbing
drudge
drudgery
drug
druggie

Word Origin & Etymology

First recorded in late Middle English as 'druggen', probably related to the Old English verb 'dreogan', meaning to work, suffer, or endure.

Usage Trend

Historical frequency of usage in published text.

180019102020
Data source: Google Books Ngram Viewer

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Drudge. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/drudge
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