clog up

Questions about clog up

What does clog up mean?

clog up means "become or cause to become obstructed".

What is another word for clog up?

Close synonyms include clog, choke off, 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.

Is clog up a common word?

clog up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.