clog
clog definition
clog (kläg, klôg)
noun
- a weight fastened to the leg of an animal to hinder motion
- anything that hinders or obstructs; hindrance
- a shoe, sandal, etc. with a thick, usually wooden, sole: light clogs are used in clog dancing
- clog dance
Etymology: ME clogge, a lump of wood < ? clod, clod + logge, log
transitive verb clogged, clogging clog′·ging
- to hinder; impede
- to fill with obstructions or with thick, sticky matter; stop up; jam
intransitive verb
- to become stopped up
- to become thick or sticky, so as to clog
- to do a clog dance
Related Forms:
- clogginess clog′·gi·ness noun
- cloggy clog′gy adjective
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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