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trek

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
trek/trek/

▶noun a long difficult journey, especially one made on foot.

■ S. African a leg or stage of a journey.

▶verb (treks, trekking, trekked) go on a trek.

■ historical, chiefly S. African migrate or journey by ox wagon.

■ S. African (of an ox) draw a vehicle or pull a load.

– derivatives
trekker noun.

– origin C19: from S. Afr. Du. trek (n.), trekken (v.) ‘pull, travel’.

'trek' also found in these Oxford entries:

track - Trekkie - trog - warp speed

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