4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drudge \Drudge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drudged}; p. pr & vb n.
{Drudging}.] [OE. druggen; prob not akin to E. drag, v. t.,
but fr Celtic; cf Ir drugaire a slave or drudge.]
To perform menial work to labor in mean or unpleasant
offices with toil and fatigue.
He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers
for whom he drudged. --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drudge \Drudge\, v. t.
To consume laboriously; -- with away
Rise to our toils and drudge away the day --Otway.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drudge \Drudge\, n.
One who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a
mental servant. --Milton.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
drudge
n 1: one who works hard at boring tasks [syn: {hack}, {hacker}]
2: a laborer who is obliged to do menial work [syn: {peon}, {navvy},
{galley slave}]
v : work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework" [syn:
{labor}, {labour}, {toil}, {fag}, {travail}, {grind}, {dig},
{moil}]
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