Definition of Clog
Clog
Clog


Definition/Meaning
(noun)
A blockage or obstruction, especially in a pipe or artery.

e.g. The hair clog in the drain caused the sink to overflow.

(noun)
that matter --- of whatever sort --- that is blocking the pathway;

e.g. A large clog of people were blocking the doorway.

(verb)
to dance a clog dance;

e.g. For a lark, they took up clogging, dancing while wearing heavy clog shoes, often wooden: we were told it was an English or Irish Industrial Revolution thing to do.

(verb)
a shoe or sandal that has a thick usually wooden sole, some versions being all wooden;

e.g. The classic clog is the all-wooden 'Dutch shoe'... but versions of the style are very popular in modern times.



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