clogging


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clog

clog

(klôg, klŏg)
n.
1. An obstruction or hindrance.
2. A weight, such as a block, attached to the leg of an animal to hinder movement.
3. A heavy, traditionally wooden-soled shoe.
v. clogged, clog·ging, clogs
v.tr.
1. To obstruct movement on or in; block up: Heavy traffic clogged the freeways.
2. To hamper the function or activity of; impede: "attorneys clogging our courts with actions designed to harass state and local governments" (Roslyn L. Anderson and Patricia L. Irvin).
v.intr.
1. To become obstructed or choked up: The pipes had clogged with rust.
2. To thicken or stick together; clot.
3. To do a clog dance.
[Middle English, block attached to an animal's leg.]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj. 1. clogging - preventing movement; "the clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street"
preventative, preventive - tending to prevent or hinder
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Translations
dřeváčkový tanec
irsk stepdans
facipõs tánckopogós
airiškas tryptinis
iru tautas deja ar piesitieniem
drevákový tanec

clogging

(ˈklogiŋ) noun
Irish tap dancing. klompedans رَقْصَه إرلَنْدِيَّه تَعْتَمِدُ على دَقِّ القَدَم ирл. танц с дървени обувки entupimento dřeváčkový tanec irischer Stepptanz irsk stepdans είδος ιρλανδικού χορού με κλακέτες baile típico irlandés iiri stepptants نوعی رقص ایرلندی با کفش چوبی irlantilainen steppaus Les claquettes רִקוּד אִירִי एक तरह का नृत्य vrsta plesa u Irskoj kopogós, facipős tánc tari tep Irlandia (danza ritmata irlandese) (아일랜드의) 나막신 춤 airiškas tryptinis īru tautas deja ar piesitieniem tarian tep orang Irish klompendans irsk steppdans taniec w drewniakach د ایرلند یوه دوله نڅا ده чечетка drevákový (stepovací) tanec vrsta plesa v coklah vrsta irskog plesa träskodans การเต้นรําของชาวไอริช step dansı 愛爾蘭踢踏舞 ірландська чечітка آئرش رقص nhảy điệu clacket 爱尔兰踢踏舞
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He read the leading article, in which it was maintained that it was quite senseless in our day to raise an outcry that radicalism was threatening to swallow up all conservative elements, and that the government ought to take measures to crush the revolutionary hydra; that, on the contrary, "in our opinion the danger lies not in that fantastic revolutionary hydra, but in the obstinacy of traditionalism clogging progress," etc., etc.
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