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clog definition

clog (kläg, klôg)

noun

  1. a weight fastened to the leg of an animal to hinder motion
  2. anything that hinders or obstructs; hindrance
  3. a shoe, sandal, etc. with a thick, usually wooden, sole: light clogs are used in clog dancing
  4. clog dance

Etymology: ME clogge, a lump of wood < ? clod, clod + logge, log

transitive verb clogged, clogging clog′·ging

  1. to hinder; impede
  2. to fill with obstructions or with thick, sticky matter; stop up; jam

intransitive verb

  1. to become stopped up
  2. to become thick or sticky, so as to clog
  3. to do a clog dance

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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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