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Verb: plod (plodded,plodding)  plód
  1. Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
    "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone";
    - slog, footslog, trudge, pad, tramp, tromp [N. Amer, informal], trog [Brit, informal]
Noun: plod  plód
  1. The act of walking with a slow heavy gait
    "I could recognize his plod anywhere";
    - plodding
     
  2. [Brit, informal] A member of a police force
    "it was an accident, plod";
    - police officer, officer, bobby [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: plodding, plodded, plods

Type of: law officer, peace officer, walk, walking

Part of: Bill [Brit, informal], boys in blue [informal], constabulary, fuzz [informal], law, Old Bill [Brit, informal], police, police force, polis [UK, dialect, informal], the fuzz [informal]

Encyclopedia: Plod