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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. Show More
verb (used without object), clogged, clog·ging. to become clogged, encumbered, or choked up. to stick; stick together. to do a clog dance . Show More
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. Show More
Origin of clog 1350–1400; Middle English, of uncertain origin
Related forms clog·gi·ly , adverb clog·gi·ness , noun clog·gy , adjective an·ti·clog·ging , adjective o·ver·clog , verb (used with object), o·ver·clogged, o·ver·clog·ging. Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for clogging plug ,
obstruct ,
congest ,
choke ,
impede ,
seal ,
hamper ,
fill ,
encumbrance ,
blockade ,
snag ,
obstruction ,
drag ,
impediment ,
burden ,
hindrance ,
bar ,
block ,
impedance ,
jam Examples from the Web for clogging Historical Examples of clogging Something in us clogging up the channel and nothing can get through.
It still swung, clogging her bows as she turned in the current.
Clogging , the ballet, interpretive and toe dances—why enumerate them.
These streams must be kept separate and from clogging one another or themselves.
Often it was as much as they could do to prevent the mud from clogging their rifles.
British Dictionary definitions for clogging 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) Show More
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 Show More
Derived Forms cloggy , adjective clogginess , noun Word Origin for clog C14 (in the sense: block of wood): of unknown origin
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 Show More
Derived Forms clogging , noun Word Origin for clog C21: c(amera) + log
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Word Origin and History for clogging n. early 14c., clogge "a lump of wood," origin unknown. Also used in Middle English of large pieces of jewelry and large testicles. Cf. Norwegian klugu "knotty log of wood." Meaning "anything that impedes action" is from 1520s. The sense of "wooden-soled shoe" is first recorded late 14c.; they were used as overshoes until the introduction of rubbers c.1840. Originally all wood (hence the name), later wooden soles with leather uppers for the front of the foot only. Later revived in fashion (c.1970), primarily for women. Clog-dancing is attested from 1863.
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v. late 14c., "hinder," originally by fastening a block of wood to something, from clog (n.). Meaning "choke up with extraneous matter" is 17c. Related: Clogged ; clogging .
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