clog
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clog
- /klɒɡ/ UK
- /klɑɡ/ US
- /klɔɡ/ US
Rhymes with -ɒɡ
Where it comes from
Unknown; perhaps from Middle English clog (“weight attached to the leg of an animal to impede movement”). Perhaps of North Germanic origin and derived from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“lump, mass, clasp”); compare Old Norse klugu, klogo (“knotty tree log”), Dutch klomp.
noun clogs
- A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel. Dutch people rarely wear clogs these days.
- A blockage. The plumber cleared the clog from the drain.
- A shoe of any type. I let him in this morning. He lost one of his clogs.
- A weight, such as a log or block of wood, attached to a person or animal to hinder motion. Yet as a Dog committed close / For some offence, by chance breaks loose, / And quits his Clog; but all in vain, / He still draws after him his Chain.
- That which hinders or impedes motion; an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment of any kind. The grand Conſpirator, Abbot of Weſtminster, / With clog of Conſcience, and ſowre Melancholly / Hath yeelded up his body to the graue;
verb clogs · clogging · clogged
- To block or slow passage through (often with 'up'). Around 25 million pounds of used Mardi Gras beads are thrown away every year. Several years ago, in 2018, 46 tons of them clogged New Orleans' storm drains after heavy flooding.
- To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper. The wings of winds were clogged with ice and snow.
- To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex. The commodities […]are clogged with impositions.
- To enforce a mortgage lender right that prevents a borrower from exercising a right to redeem. 1973, Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Doerr, 123 N.J. Super. 530, 544, 303 A.2d 898. For centuries it has been the rule that a mortgagor’s equity of redemption cannot be clogged and that he cannot, as a part of the original mortgage transaction, cut off or surrender his right to redeem. Any agreement w
- To perform a clog dance. And in a burst of Celtic drums and fiddles, a bosomy colleen with a jaunty green hat and suit jacket riverdanced onto the stage, clogging with a surprising degree of expertise, barely restrained breasts jiggling.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: patten, sabot, geta, congest, clot, choke, choke off, clog up, back up, overload, foul, clog dance, clog dancing, shoe, hoof, cap
Translations
Every language
noun a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
| Español | zueco |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 木靴 kigutsu |
| Português | tamanco |
| Français | sabot |
| Deutsch | Holzschuh, Holzpantoffel |
| Italiano | zoccolo |
| Ελληνικά | ξυλοπάπουτσο xylopápoutso, τσόκαρο tsókaro |
| Русский | сабо́ sabó |
| العربية | قُبْقَاب qubqāb, قَبْقَاب qabqāb |
| עברית | קבקב qavqáv |
noun a blockage
| Español | azolve, azolvamiento, asolvamiento |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 방해물 banghaemul |
| Português | obstrução, bloqueio, entupimento |
| Français | bouchon |
| Deutsch | hemmen, verstopfen |
| Italiano | intasamento, ostruzione, tappo |
| Ελληνικά | εμπόδιο empódio |
| Русский | засо́р zasór, про́бка próbka |
noun an encumbrance or impediment
| Deutsch | Klotz |
|---|---|
| Русский | препя́тствие prepjátstvije |
verb to block or slow passage through
| Español | obstruir, azolvar, bloquear, congestionar, atascar, atorar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 詰まる tsumaru |
| 中文 | 阻塞 zǔsè |
| Português | entupir, obstruir |
| Français | boucher |
| Deutsch | verstopfen |
| Italiano | intasare, ostruire, bloccare, otturare |
| Ελληνικά | βουλώνω voulóno, φράζω frázo, εμποδίζω empodízo |
| Română | înfunda |
| Русский | забива́ть zabivátʹ, заби́ть zabítʹ, засоря́ть zasorjátʹ, засори́ть zasorítʹ |
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