hodgepodge
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hodgepodge
- /ˈhɒd͡ʒˌpɒd͡ʒ/ UK
- /ˈhɑd͡ʒˌpɑd͡ʒ/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English hochepoche, a variation of hochepot, from Old French hochepot, from Middle Dutch hutspot (“beef or mutton cut into small pieces and mixed and boiled together in a pot”), from hotsen, hutsen (“to shake; jog; jolt”) + pot (“pot”), equivalent to hotch + pot. Compare German Low German Hüttspott (“hodgepodge”).
noun hodgepodges · hodge-podge · hotchpotch
- A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things. His latest sculpture is a hodgepodge of kitchen clutter and scrap glued together.
- A confused mass of ingredients shaken or mixed together in the same pot. The little Pieces of Beef vvere like Plums in our Hodg-podg. Indeed 'tvvas not fit to be eaten any other vvay; for tho' it did not ſtink, yet it vvas very unſavory and black, vvithout the leaſt ſign of Fat in it: […]
Similar: bouillabaisse, bric-a-brac, catch-all, clamjamfrey, cocktail, rummage, salad, anthology, gallery, gatherum, congeries, crazyquilt, disjecta membra, farrago, galimatias, gallimaufry, grab bag, hodgepodge, horse and rabbit stew, hotchpotch, hotchpot, job lot, jumble, macedoine, medley, melange, mingle-mangle, miscellanea, miscellany, mishmash
verb hodgepodges · hodgepodging · hodgepodged · hodge-podge · hotchpotch
- To move or position in an erratic, disorganized manner.
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noun
Similar: bouillabaisse, bric-a-brac, catch-all, clamjamfrey, cocktail, rummage, salad, anthology, gallery, gatherum, congeries, crazyquilt, disjecta membra, farrago, galimatias, gallimaufry, grab bag, hodgepodge, horse and rabbit stew, hotchpotch, hotchpot, job lot, jumble, macedoine, medley, melange, mingle-mangle, miscellanea, miscellany, mishmash
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noun collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble
| Español | mezcolanza, batiburrillo, gatuperio, fárrago, farrago, revoltijo |
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| Português | miscelânea, mistureba, salgalhada |
| Français | salmigondis, fatras |
| Deutsch | Sammelsurium, Mischmasch, Wust |
| Italiano | pot-pourri, accozzaglia, zibaldone, miscuglio, pasticcio, pastrocchio |
| Русский | вся́кая вся́чина vsjákaja vsjáčina, мешани́на mešanína, винегре́т vinegrét |
| עברית | עִרְבּוּבִיָּה 'irbuviyá |
noun a confused mass of ingredients shaken or mixed together in the same pot
| Español | bodrio, brodio, comistrajo, guisote |
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