v.
(plods, plodding, plodded)
walk doggedly and slowly with heavy steps.
▸work slowly and perseveringly at a dull task.
n.
- a slow, heavy walk.
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(also PC Plod)
Brit. informal a police officer.
Derivative
- plodder n.
- plodding adj.
- ploddingly adv.
Etymology
C16: prob. symbolic of a heavy gait.