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  • 31clog dancer — noun someone who does clog dancing • Hypernyms: ↑dancer, ↑social dancer * * * noun see clog dance * * * clog dancer noun • • • Main Entry: ↑clog * * * …

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  • 32Clog — Typischer Clog (Fersenpartie offen) …

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  • 33clog — [[t]klɒg, klɔg[/t]] v. clogged, clog•ging, n. 1) to hinder or obstruct with thick or sticky matter; choke up: to clog a drain[/ex] 2) to crowd excessively; overfill: Cars clogged the highway[/ex] 3) to encumber; hamper; hinder 4) to become… …

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  • 34clog up — verb become or cause to become obstructed The leaves clog our drains in the Fall The water pipe is backed up • Syn: ↑clog, ↑choke off, ↑back up, ↑congest, ↑choke, ↑foul …

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  • 35clog — cloggily, adv. clogginess, n. cloggy, adj. /klog, klawg/, v., clogged, clogging, n. v.t. 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… …

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  • 36Clog — Clọg 〈m. 6; meist Pl.〉 pantoffelähnlicher Schuh mit Holzsohle [engl.] * * * Clog [klɔk , engl.: klɒg], der; s, s <meist Pl.> [engl. clog, H. u.]: Holzpantoffel mit dicker Sohle. * * * Clọg   [englisch] der, s/ s, meist Plural, modischer… …

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  • 37clog — {{11}}clog (n.) early 14c., clogge a lump of wood, origin unknown. Also used in M.E. of large pieces of jewelry and large testicles. The sense of wooden soled shoe is first recorded late 14c., probably originally meaning the wooden sole itself.… …

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  • 38clog — I UK [klɒɡ] / US [klɑɡ] verb Word forms clog : present tense I/you/we/they clog he/she/it clogs present participle clogging past tense clogged past participle clogged 1) [intransitive/transitive] to block something such as a pipe, tube, or… …

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  • 39clog — 1 verb also clog up (I, T) if something clogs a road, pipe etc, or a road or a pipe clogs, it gradually becomes blocked and no longer works properly: Don t put potato peelings down the drain, they ll clog up the pipe. | clog sth with: The roads… …

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  • 40clog dance — noun Date: 1869 a dance in which the performer wears clogs and beats out a clattering rhythm on the floor • clog dancer noun • clog dancing noun …

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