clog (n.)

  1. footwear usually with wooden soles

    [ Syn: geta , patten , sabot ]

  2. any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction

  3. a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps

    [ Syn: clog dance , clog dancing ]

    clog (v.)

  1. become or cause to become obstructed; The leaves clog our drains in the Fall; The water pipe is backed up

    [ Syn: choke off , clog up , back up , congest , choke , foul ]

  2. dance a clog dance

  3. impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden; horses were clogged until they were tamed'

  4. impede with a clog or as if with a clog; The market is being clogged by these operations; My mind is constipated today

    [ Syn: constipate ]

  5. coalesce or unite in a mass; Blood clots

    [ Syn: clot ]

  6. fill to excess so that function is impaired; Fear clogged her mind; The story was clogged with too many details

    [ Syn: overload ]

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