"To Trudge: the slow weary depressing yet determined walk of a man (or woman) who has nothing left in his (or her) life except the impulse to simply soldier on." (Chaucer, "A Knight's Tale")
"{Chaucer} Morning! Morning! {William} Why sir, what are you doing? {Chaucer} Uh, trudging. You know, Trudging? To Trudge?"
To wander aimlessly with no purpose or direction with confidence.
Warning: this more often than not recruits more people to follow along on the journey to no where with hope of an outcome. (these people are called "trudgees")
-Today I "trudged" along the beach and found these women.
-Tonight I will "trudge" around this camp site
(prime culperates for "trudging" are campers and hippies"
-E.g. Forest Gump "Trudged" when he went for his 2 year jog
The detached, stone-faced, heavily-laden, walk-of-misery required to move from parking to check-in, thru TSA, ground transportation, eventually ending at the gate of departure.
No, they're not zombies. They are the beleaguered sea of modern-day-travelers, doing the airport trudge.