hodgepodge

[hoj-poj]

noun

1. a heterogeneous mixture; jumble.

   Synonyms: mess, muddle, miscellany, conglomeration

hodgepodge

/ ˈhɒdʒˌpɒdʒ /

noun

1. a jumbled mixture

2. a thick soup or stew made from meat and vegetables

Word History and Origins

Origin of hodgepodge¹

First recorded in 1615–25; variant of hotchpotch

Word History and Origins

Origin of hodgepodge¹

C15: variant of _hotchpot

Example Sentences

The government is in the second week of a shutdown that is rippling out to America’s beloved National Park system in a hodgepodge fashion.

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So they’re a month into the season and the offensive line is a stitched-together hodgepodge that couldn’t handle the defensive front of the New York Giants last week.

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The engravings on Robinson’s bullet casings come across as a hodgepodge of messages that don’t fit together comfortably, Donovan said.

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Cregger’s sophomore effort is a significant improvement over “Barbarian,” more ambitious and narratively consistent than the hodgepodge of half-clever ideas that comprised his first feature.

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Absent federal direction, the fight against violent extremism falls to a hodgepodge of state efforts, some of them robust and others fledgling.

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Related Words

• jumble 
• mishmash 
• patchwork