clog
A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heelA type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel.
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Meaning
5 sensesA type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel.
Dutch people rarely wear clogs these days.
Holzschuh, Holzpantoffel, Pantine
сабо́sabó
A blockage.
The plumber cleared the clog from the drain.
hemmen, verstopfen
засо́рzasór, про́бкаpróbka
That which hinders or impedes motion; an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment of any kind.
Klotz
препя́тствиеprepjátstvije
More meanings 2
(UK, colloquial)A shoe of any type.
A weight, such as a log or block of wood, attached to a person or animal to hinder motion.
- footwear usually with wooden soles
- any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction
- a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps
Origin
Unknown; perhaps from Middle English clog (“weight attached to the leg of an animal to impUnknown; 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.
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Forms
plural: clogsSynonyms
5 synonyms- footwear usually with wooden soles:getapattensabot
- a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps:clog danceclog dancing
Word family
11 related wordsSee also
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