터벅터벅 (teobeok-teobeok)

*trudge trudge*

What it means

Slow, heavy, tired footsteps. The walk of someone exhausted or disappointed.

Where you'll see it in manhwa

• Walking home after a terrible day
• Leaving after being rejected
• Dragging through a long road

How to say it

Romanized as teobeok-teobeok. It's a motion effect (not sounds at all — these show how something moves) and its rarity is uncommon.

Similar sound effects

• 살금살금 salgeum-salgeum — *sneak sneak* / tiptoe
• 비틀 biteul — *stagger* / wobble

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