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.

OTHER WORDS FOR clog

3 impede, trammel, fetter.

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Origin of clog

1350–1400; Middle English, of uncertain origin

OTHER WORDS FROM clog

clog·gi·ly, adverbclog·gi·ness, nouncloggy, adjectivean·ti·clog·ging, adjective

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

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How to use clog in a sentence

Most recently, it teamed with Justin Bieber on a clog it released in select markets around the world.
The unlikely partnership between pop stars and Crocs|Marc Bain|October 27, 2020|Quartz
Does Jackson actually want to keep him at a salary-cap clogging 129 million over five years?
The Knicks Aren't a Sports Team. They're a Reality Show, and Phil Jackson is Their Latest Star.|Robert Silverman|March 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Apparently the annoying ads clogging the news feed is not why people leave Facebook, it's privacy concerns.
Facebook Privacy Concerns Prompt 'Virtual Identity Suicides'|CNBC|September 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
A year ago, there were 6.3 months worth of inventory clogging the market.
New Home Sales Rise in September|Daniel Gross|October 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Chef Oliver is not the first European to cross the Atlantic and discourage the populace from eating horrid artery-clogging muck.
Dead Cool: Gayelord Hauser|Simon Doonan|May 29, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Ever wonder how a processed meat product became synonymous with unwanted email clogging up your inbox?
Monty Python at 40|The Daily Beast Video|October 15, 2009|DAILY BEAST
It was his idea that tuberculosis of the lungs is caused by spores of fermenting starch clogging the minute blood vessels.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society|Upton Sinclair
A platform was improvised near a blazing fire of pine boards and we had some excellent clogging and singing.
War in the Garden of Eden|Kermit Roosevelt
The black dust stuck to Jimmy's hot skin and he labored across the clogging stuff.
Northwest!|Harold Bindloss
Exercise, diet, correct habits of living will prevent the congestion and clogging-up that causes illness and pain.
Think|Col. Wm. C. Hunter
See that nothing is clogging the strainer, and ascertain whether the water is sucked in or not.
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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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