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  • 31tramp — I. v. n. (Colloq.) Travel (on foot), trudge, march (heavily), jog on, plod. II. n. 1. Journey (on foot), walk, march. 2. Heavy walk, heavy tread. 3. Stroller, tramper, vagabond, vagrant, loafer, landloper …

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  • 32galumph — intransitive verb Etymology: probably alteration of 1gallop Date: 1872 to move with a clumsy heavy tread …

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  • 33Jabberwocky — For other uses, see Jabberwocky (disambiguation). The Jabberwock, as illustrated by John Tenniel Jabberwocky is a nonsense verse poem written by Lewis Carroll in his 1872 novel Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There, a sequel to… …

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  • 34plod — plodder, n. ploddingly, adv. ploddingness, n. /plod/, v., plodded, plodding, n. v.i. 1. to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge: to plod under the weight of a burden. 2. to proceed in a tediously slow manner: The play just plodded along in… …

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  • 35stump — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. stub, butt, snag, remnant, fag end; rostrum, pulpit; hobble, heavy tread. See remainder, shortness. v. confound, puzzle, nonplus; informal, electioneer. See doubt. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. butt, piece …

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  • 36monster — 01. The castle is really creepy. It looks like a place where [monsters] would live. 02. The [monsters] cheered with delight when their supper of crunchy, baked rocks was served. 03. The Japanese [monster] Godzilla can fly by firing a blast of… …

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  • 37plod — [[t]plɒd[/t]] v. plod•ded, plod•ding, n. 1) to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge 2) to proceed in a tediously slow manner 3) to work with steady and monotonous perseverance; drudge 4) to walk heavily over or along 5) the act or a course of …

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  • 38plod — I. /plɒd / (say plod) verb (plodded, plodding) –verb (i) 1. to walk heavily; trudge; move laboriously. 2. to work with dull perseverance; drudge. –verb (t) 3. to walk heavily over or along. –noun 4. the act or a course of plodding. 5. a sound of… …

  • 39clump — n. & v. n. 1 (foll. by of) a cluster of plants, esp. trees or shrubs. 2 an agglutinated mass of blood cells etc. 3 a thick extra sole on a boot or shoe. v. 1 a intr. form a clump. b tr. heap or plant together. 2 intr. (also clomp) walk with heavy …

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  • 40plod´ding|ly — plod «plod», verb, plod|ded, plod|ding, noun. –v.i. 1. to walk heavily or slowly; trudge: »The old man plods wearily along the road. SYNONYM( …

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