Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cloggy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: clog-gy
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to cause clogging due to its texture; lumpy; sticky.

adj

Somewhat clogged or impeded.

Example Sentences

"[…] Nature stirres up all young things, Boyes, and Lambs, and Kitlins, to play and run about, by which they disperse the cloggy humours that otherwise would settle in their joynts […]"
"[…] the land in many parts was naturally heavy, and even when the digging was proceeding, very cloggy."
"A cloggy sensation of the lukewarm fat of meat is upon me (we dined an hour or two ago), and my head is as heavy as so much lead."
"The snow was very cloggy, making the sledge and our ski run heavily."
"a cloggy throat"

Etymology

From clog + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: clog

Inflected Forms

cloggier (comparative) cloggiest (superlative)

Derived Forms

cloggily clogginess

Synonyms

clayey heavy

Questions

What does cloggy mean?: Tending to cause clogging due to its texture; lumpy; sticky.
Where does cloggy come from?: From clog + -y.

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