clog.
A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel.
Meaning & usage
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.
A weight, such as a log or block of wood, attached to a person or animal to hinder motion.
That which hinders or impedes motion; an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment of any kind.
Where this word 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.
To block or slow passage through (often with 'up').
Hair is clogging the drainpipe.
The roads are clogged up with traffic.
To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.
To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.
To enforce a mortgage lender right that prevents a borrower from exercising a right to redeem.
To perform a clog dance.
Where this word 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.
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