stodge

[ stoj ]
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verb (used with object),stodged, stodg·ing.

  1. to stuff full, especially with food or drink; gorge.

verb (used without object),stodged, stodg·ing.

  1. to trudge: to stodge along through the mire.

noun

  1. food that is particularly filling.

Origin of stodge

1
1665–75; origin uncertain; in some senses perhaps blend of stoff (earlier form of stuff) and gorge1

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British Dictionary definitions for stodge

stodge

/ (stɒdʒ) informal /

noun

  1. heavy filling starchy food

  2. dialect, mainly Southern English baked or steamed pudding

  1. a dull person or subject

verb

  1. to stuff (oneself or another) with food

Origin of stodge

1
C17: perhaps a blend of stuff + podge

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