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.

SYNONYMS 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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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
The roads were mere ditches running knee deep in sticky, clogging mud.
The War Romance of the Salvation Army|Evangeline Booth and Grace Livingston Hill
Something in us clogging up the channel and nothing can get through.
Quiet Talks on Power|S.D. Gordon
It may have been this fresh grievance which lay heavy upon Darcy's chest, clogging her breathing and slowing her suppled muscles.
Wanted: A Husband|Samuel Hopkins Adams

Flurries of snow covered me with clinging flakes, and the mud "gummed" my boots and trouser legs, clogging my steps.
A Son of the Middle Border|Hamlin Garland
True, the Frenchman was not hampered by a monarch who regarded the army as his own, nor by clogging claims of seniority.
William Pitt and the Great War|John Holland Rose

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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