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trek [ trek ]

intransitive verb (past and past participle trekked, present participle trek·king, 3rd person present singular treks)

Definition:

1. make long difficult journey: to make a long difficult journey, especially on foot and often over rough or mountainous terrain

2. go slowly or laboriously: to go somewhere slowly or with difficulty

I had to trek across town to the other bookstore.

3. South Africa go by ox wagon: to travel in a wagon pulled by an ox

noun (plural treks)

Definition:

1. long difficult journey: a long difficult journey, especially on foot and often over rough or mountainous terrain

2. South Africa stage of journey: a journey or stage of a journey, especially a migration by ox wagon

[Mid-19th century. Via Afrikaans< Dutch trekken "draw, pull, travel"]

trek·ker noun

Cultural Note


	Star Trek, a television series created in 1966 by U.S. writer and producer Gene Roddenberry (1921-1991). The adventures of the Starship Enterprise, a 23rd-century spacecraft on a mission "to boldly go where no man has gone before," initially ran for 79 episodes. The popularity of the series later gave rise to numerous movie spinoffs, the follow-up television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and Enterprise, and a worldwide network of dedicated fans known as Trekkies.