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clogger en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

From clog (verb) + -er.

Meanings

  1. One who, or that which, clogs.
    • With its barred windows and fading paper signs announcing the various forms of its artery cloggers du jour, it couldn't by any stretch be called inviting. 2011, Marcia Clark, Guilt By Association:
    • Hmm, I guess Murray hadn't warned him that Nicki was a toilet clogger. Some kids just were, I guess? 2018, Jessa, Convincing Harper:
  2. (slang) A physically aggressive player.
    • The sport has always been tough, of course; but [Fifa] became concerned that the pre-eminent teams were those that employed particularly physical players, whose specialty was intimidation. This had commercial implications, though they were never spelled out: if the finesse players were succumbing to the “cloggers” as they were known (“clog” meaning to impede or hamper), then the shape of the sport would change fundamentally, skill being replaced by a more robust style of play in which only the strong would survive. 2010, Ellis Cashmore, Making Sense of Sports, page 314:
    • […] I was normally not able to – unless I fouled him – and I usually did. I think from that time Archie reckoned I was a bit of a clogger and I didn't have Dad's or Archie's skills. 2017, Roger Hannah, The School of Hard Knox: The Autobiography of Archie Knox:

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Synonyms

obstructer

clogger en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree English clog Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English clogger From clog (noun) + -er.

Meanings

  1. A maker of the shoes called clogs.
  2. A clog dance performer.

Forms

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Translations (12)

de Holzschuhmacher (maker of clogs) · it zoccolaio (maker of clogs) · no treskomaker (maker of clogs) · tr takunyacı (maker of clogs) · nl klompenmaker (maker of clogs) · ca escloper (maker of clogs) · es zuequero (maker of clogs) · fr sabotier (maker of clogs) · da træskomager (maker of clogs) · nn treskomakar (maker of clogs) · sl coklar (maker of clogs) · sv träskomakare (maker of clogs)