verb intrans
(often + along/on) to walk heavily or slowly; to trudge
(often + along) to proceed slowly or tediously
The story just plods endlessly
to work laboriously and monotonously
He was plodding through stacks of unanswered letters
to tread slowly or heavily along or over (something)
I remember the days when people plodded the streets all day, looking for work
plodder noun
ploddingly adv
[imitative]