clog

[ klog, klawg ]

/ klɒg, klɔg /

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verb (used with object), clogged, clog·ging.

to hinder or obstruct with thick or sticky matter; choke up: to clog a drain.

to crowd excessively, especially so that movement is impeded; overfill: Cars clogged the highway.

to encumber; hamper; hinder.

verb (used without object), clogged, clog·ging.

to become clogged, encumbered, or choked up.

to stick; stick together.

to do a clog dance.

noun

anything that impedes motion or action; an encumbrance; a hindrance.

a shoe or sandal with a thick sole of wood, cork, rubber, or the like.

a similar but lighter shoe worn in the clog dance.

a heavy block, as of wood, fastened to a person or beast to impede movement.

clog dance.

British Dialect. a thick piece of wood.

Words nearby clog

clodhopper, clodhopping, clodpoll, cloete, clofibrate, clog, clog dance, clogger, cloggy, cloisonné, cloister

Origin of clog

1350–1400; Middle English, of uncertain origin

SYNONYMS FOR clog

3 impede, trammel, fetter.

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OTHER WORDS FROM clog

clog·gi·ly, adverbclog·gi·ness, nounclog·gy, adjectivean·ti·clog·ging, adjective

o·ver·clog, verb (used with object), o·ver·clogged, o·ver·clog·ging.

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Examples from the Web for clog

Bloggers and street photographers will clog the entrances of each show incessantly posting to their Twitter and Instagram feeds.
Who to See and Where to be Seen: The Hot Tips for New York Fashion Week|Barbara Ragghianti|September 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If we load it with the oil of luxury, it will give an additional vigor, but in the end, clog and impede the motion.
An History of Birmingham (1783)|William Hutton
In the past months his work had seemed to clog up in details and slow down.
Security|Ernest M. Kenyon
What a clog upon a Minister to have people, bred in such scenes, forced upon him!
Rural Rides|William Cobbett

The clog catches in the brush and between trees and usually he disna get very far, because the heavy drag tires him.
The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp|Thornton W. Burgess
Fred, you get the clamps from the knapsack, while I cut that bushy tree for a clog.
Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper|Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock

British Dictionary definitions for clog (1 of 2)

clog¹

/ (klɒɡ) /

verb clogs, clogging or clogged

to obstruct or become obstructed with thick or sticky matter

(tr) to encumber; hinder; impede

(tr) to fasten a clog or impediment to (an animal, such as a horse)

(intr) to adhere or stick in a mass

slang (in soccer) to foul (an opponent)

noun

any of various wooden or wooden-soled shoes
(as modifier)clog dance

a heavy block, esp of wood, fastened to the leg of a person or animal to impede motion

something that impedes motion or action; hindrance

pop one's clogs slang to die

Derived forms of clog

cloggy, adjectiveclogginess, noun

Word Origin for clog

C14 (in the sense: block of wood): of unknown origin

British Dictionary definitions for clog (2 of 2)

clog²

/ (klɒɡ) /

verb clogs, clogging or clogged

to use a photo-enabled mobile phone to take a photograph of (someone) and send it to a website without his or her knowledge or consent

Derived forms of clog

clogging, noun

Word Origin for clog

C21: c(amera) + log

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clog

verb (used with object), clogged, clog·ging.

verb (used without object), clogged, clog·ging.

noun

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Words nearby clog

Origin of clog

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Examples from the Web for clog

British Dictionary definitions for clog (1 of 2)

verb clogs, clogging or clogged

noun

Derived forms of clog

Word Origin for clog

British Dictionary definitions for clog (2 of 2)

verb clogs, clogging or clogged

Derived forms of clog

Word Origin for clog