clog

1. 1.

   footwear usually with wooden soles

   Synonymsgetapattensabot

   Broaderfootwear
2. 2.

   any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction

   Broaderhindrance
3. 3.

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

   Synonymsclog danceclog dancing

   Broadertap dancing

Other forms of clog

plural

clogs·

past tense or participle

clogged

present participle

clogging

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about clog

What does clog mean?

clog means "become or cause to become obstructed". That is the primary sense; the word has 9 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in clog?

clog has 1 syllable: clog. In IPA it is /ˈklɑɡ/.

What is another word for clog?

Close synonyms include choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of clog?

The recorded antonyms are unclog.

Is clog a common word?

clog is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with clog?

1 word rhymes with clog. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.