Thursday, February 26, 2009

A Clog By Any Other Name, would still be just as comfy....but not as fun!

Hello Fellow Cloggers,

How to define a Clog? There are so many different meanings to the word "clog", which is your favorite?

-verb (used with object)
1. to hinder or obstruct with thick or sticky matter; choke up: to clog a drain.
2. to crowd excessively, esp. so that movement is impeded; overfill: Cars clogged the highway.
3. to encumber; hamper; hinder.
–verb (used without object)
4. to become clogged, encumbered, or choked up.
5. to stick; stick together.
6. to do a clog dance.
–noun
7. anything that impedes motion or action; an encumbrance; a hindrance.
8. a shoe or sandal with a thick sole of wood, cork, rubber, or the like.
9. a similar but lighter shoe worn in the clog dance.
10. a heavy block, as of wood, fastened to a person or beast to impede movement.
11. clog dance.
12. British Dialect. a thick piece of wood.

3 comments:

  1. You would like 'a thick piece of wood,' wouldn't you?

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  2. "a heavy block, as of wood, fastened to a person or beast to impede movement" reminds me of you hiking in clogs.

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  3. I think it's the thick sole that bothers me so much!

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