trek
nounverbattested in dialogue
- //tɹɛk//
A journey by ox wagon.
noun
- 1
A journey by ox wagon.
- 2
The Boer migration of 1835–1837.
- 3
A slow or difficult journey.
We're planning a trek up Kilimanjaro.
Early the next morning I set off on the long and hazardous trek through jungles and hills into Assam, and regretfully said "good-bye" to the gallant little Burma Railways, which had functioned to the last and played a big part in evacuating many thousands of refugees and wounded soldiers in the path of the rapidly advancing Japanese.
Young Indians looking for work opportunities have made up a sizeable portion of undocumented migrants in the US, many after making the dangerous trek through Latin America to reach the US southern border.
- 4
A long walk.
I would drive to the shops from here; you can walk, but it's quite a trek.
Etymology
From Afrikaans trek, from Dutch trekken, from Middle Dutch trekken (weak verb) and trēken (“to trek, place, bring, move”, strong verb), from Old Dutch *trekkan, *trekan, from Proto-West Germanic *trekan, from Proto-Germanic *trekaną, *trakjaną (“to drag, haul, scrape, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreg- (“to drag, scrape”).
verb
- 1
To make a slow or arduous journey.
Before that they had been a good deal on the move, trekking about after the white man, who was one of those rolling stones that keep going round after a soft job.
- 2
To journey on foot, especially to hike through mountainous areas.
- 3
To travel by ox wagon.
- 4
To travel by walking.
Forms
- plural
- treks
- past tense
- trekked
- past participle
- trekked
- present participle
- trekking
- third person singular
- treks