clog

Meaning

Noun

1. A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel.
2. A blockage.
3. (colloquial) A shoe of any type.
4. A weight, such as a log or block of wood, attached to a person or animal to hinder motion.
5. That which hinders or impedes motion; an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment of any kind.

Verb

1. To block or slow passage through (often with 'up').
2. To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.
3. To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.
4. To enforce a mortgage lender right that prevents a borrower from exercising a right to redeem.
5. To perform a clog dance.

Synonyms

block

choke

sabot

plug

patten

obstacle

stuff

congest

hindrance

wooden shoe

obstruction

stopper

bar

jam

choke up

stop up

fill

tamp

clot

clog dance

constipate

clog dancing

cumber

stop

🛑

encumber

prevent

occlude

weigh down

overload

foul

bung

geta

back up

hinder

stick

impediment

choke off

chock

barrier

encumbrance

blocking

clogging

clog up

blockade

drag

stopple

obstruct

lug

molest

obstructive

overshoe

overstuff

pad

plugging

possess

preclude

retainer

retard

roadblock

saddle

sandal

👡

screen

seize

seizing

shoe

👞

stanch

staunch

stem

stop dog

stopping up

stunt

stymie

stymy

support

surcharge

tampon

thwart

trammel

trig

wadding

wooden shoes

belt up

hinderance

weigh on

be obstructed

adherency

bott

diriment impediment

retaining device

blind plug

dog driver

limit stop

plugging-up

scotch block

cuffey

adhere

adherence

adhesion

barricade

bear down

bear down on

blinding

blockage

block off

block up

bottleneck

calk

caulk

choking

clump

cram

cross

crowd

dam

deter

deterrent

embarrass

embarrassment

embrace

engorge

fence

fetters

follow

gasket

glut

halt

hamper

handicap

hang-up

hazard

hedge

hobble

hold

hug

hurdle

impede

incommode

jamming

land up

let

load

Pronounced as (IPA)

/klɒɡ/

Etymology

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.