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clog

/klɒɡ/

noun

Meaning

  • 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.

verb

Meaning

  • To block or slow passage through (often with 'up').

    "Hair is clogging the drainpipe."

  • 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.