clog
[ klog, klawg ]
/ klɒg, klɔg /
verb (used with object), clogged, clog·ging.
verb (used without object), clogged, clog·ging.
noun
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Nearby words
clodhopper, clodhopping, clodpoll, cloete, clofibrate, clog, clog dance, clogger, cloggy, cloison, cloisonne
Origin of clog
1350–1400; Middle English, of uncertain origin
Related forms
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British Dictionary definitions for clog (1 of 2)
clog
1/ (klɒɡ) /
verb clogs, clogging or clogged
noun
Derived Formscloggy, adjectiveclogginess, noun
Word Origin for clog
C14 (in the sense: block of wood): of unknown origin
British Dictionary definitions for clog (2 of 2)
clog
2/ (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 Formsclogging, noun
Word Origin for clog
C21: c(amera) + log
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