clog

== English == === Etymology === Unknown; 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. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /klɒɡ/ (US) IPA(key): /klɑɡ/, /klɔɡ/ Rhymes: -ɒɡ === Noun === clog (plural clogs) A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel. A blockage. (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. That which hinders or impedes motion; an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment of any kind. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === clog (third-person singular simple present clogs, present participle clogging, simple past and past participle clogged) To block or slow passage through (often with 'up'). To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper. To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex. (law) To enforce a mortgage lender right that prevents a borrower from exercising a right to redeem. 1973, Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Doerr, 123 N.J. Super. 530, 544, 303 A.2d 898. For centuries it has been the rule that a mortgagor’s equity of redemption cannot be clogged and that he cannot, as a part of the original mortgage transaction, cut off or surrender his right to redeem. Any agreement which does so is void and unenforceable [sic] as against public policy. (intransitive) To perform a clog dance. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === G-LOC == Irish == === Etymology === From Middle Irish cloc, from Old Irish cloc, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (“bell”). Doublet of clóca. === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /kl̪ˠɔɡ/ (Connacht) IPA(key): /klˠoɡ/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /klˠɞɡ/ === Noun === clog m (genitive singular cloig, nominative plural cloig) bell clock blowball, clock (of dandelion) blister ==== Declension ==== Alternative plural: cloganna (Cois Fharraige) ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === clog (present analytic clogann, future analytic clogfaidh, verbal noun clogadh, past participle clogtha) (intransitive) ring a bell (transitive) stun with noise (intransitive) blister ==== Conjugation ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “clog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “clog”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 150 Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “clogaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 151 == Welsh == === Etymology === From Proto-Brythonic *klog, from Proto-Celtic *klukā. Cognate with Irish cloch, Scottish Gaelic clach. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kloːɡ/ Rhymes: -oːɡ === Noun === clog f (plural clogau) cliff, rockface ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== clegyr (“rock, crag”) === Mutation ===