wodge

American  

[woj] / wɒdʒ /

noun

British Informal.

1. a lump, chunk, or wad.

2. an object having a lumpy, bulgy shape.

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wodge British  

/ wɒdʒ /

noun

1. informal a thick lump or chunk cut or broken off something

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Other Word Forms

• wodgy adjective

Etymology

Origin of wodge

First recorded in 1905–10; perhaps alteration of wedge

Example Sentences

Perhaps Sampson’s most telling finding, though, is that parts of the Sappho manuscript were shown in public when they were supposedly still undiscovered in a wodge of industrial cartonnage.

From The Guardian • Jan. 9, 2020

It always seems to be spy thrillers that get the fat end of the licence fee payer’s wodge … The Night Manager channels all that money into a smoothly accomplished atmosphere of alienation and dread.

From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2016

I began to miss the feel of paper, the excitement of the ever-slimmer wodge of remaining pages fermenting the mix of suspense and regret before the final chapter.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2010

The reason opera gets such a disproportionate wodge of the available money is that the people who go to the opera are precisely the same chaps who are divvying up the money.

From The Guardian • May 27, 2010

Florence promised a healthy wodge of history at this year's Hay, not least with appearances from Norman Stone and from Niall Ferguson talking about his biography of the financier Sigmund Warburg.

From The Guardian • Apr. 4, 2010