hodgepodge en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English hochepoche, a variation of hochepot, from Old French hochepot, from Middle Dutch hutspot (“beef or mutton cut into small pieces and mixed and boiled together in a pot”), from hotsen, hutsen (“to shake; jog; jolt”) + pot (“pot”), equivalent to hotch + pot. Compare German Low German Hüttspott (“hodgepodge”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.
For many years the furniture in my house was a hodgepodge of hand-me-downs, thrift store finds, IKEA, and a handful of things I had built.
2026 August 14, Collin Knoff, “Mid-Century Modern Table”, in Popular Woodworking, volume 290, number 4, page 43:His latest sculpture is a hodgepodge of kitchen clutter and scrap glued together.
MAn's life is but vain, for tis ſubject to pain, / and ſorrow, and ſhort as a buble; / 'tis a hodge podge of buſineſs, and mony and care, / and care, and mony, and trouble.
1653, Iz[aak] Wa[lton], chapter XI, in The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, […], London: […] T. Maxey for Rich[ard] Marriot, […], →OCLC; reprinted as The Compleat Angler (Homo Ludens; 6), Nieuwkoop, South Holland, Netherlands: Miland Publishers, 1969, →ISBN, page 217:The entire section is a hodgepodge of ill-absorbed and ill-digested bits of information lifted in a haphazard fashion from the sources used with apparently no other goal in mind than to accumulate a list of items with some degree of resemblance to forms from Manding and Dravidian […]
1989 January 14, Werner Winter, “On a new claim concerning substratum influence upon Tocharian”, in Central Asiatic Journal, volume 33, number 1/2, Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISSN, page 130:
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(countable, uncountable) A confused mass of ingredients shaken or mixed together in the same pot.
The little Pieces of Beef vvere like Plums in our Hodg-podg. Indeed 'tvvas not fit to be eaten any other vvay; for tho' it did not ſtink, yet it vvas very unſavory and black, vvithout the leaſt ſign of Fat in it: […]
1699, William Dampier, chapter I, in Voyages and Descriptions. Vol. II. […], London: […] James Knapton, […], →OCLC, part II (Mr. Dampier’s Voyages to the Bay of Campeachy), page 38:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hodge-podge | alternative | lexicographic | |
| hodgepodges | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| hotchpotch | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Hypernyms
collection · group · assortment
Meronyms
bits and bobs · odds and sods · dribs and drabs
Relateds
pick 'n' mix · gubbins · rando · uniformity · heterogeneous · disorder · miscellaneous · higgledy-piggledy
Synonyms
mishmash · rummage · patchwork quilt · slurry · congeries · mixed bag · catch-all · bouillabaisse · salad · macedoine · farrago · ragbag · jumble · medley · smorgasbord · Whitman's sampler · hotchpot · galimatias · bric-a-brac · cocktail · pastiche · horse and rabbit stew · miscellanea · potpourri · melange · gatherum · grab bag · oddments · miscellany · mishmash · farrago · mixture · olla podrida · olio · crazyquilt · melange · hodgepodge · salmagundi · gallimaufry · mingle-mangle · disjecta membra · omnium-gatherum · gallery · hotchpotch · clamjamfrey · job lot · welter · odds and ends · motley · anthology
Translations (61)
es tótum revolútum (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · hu csiricsáré (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · es maremágnum (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · it miscuglio (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · bg сбирщина (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · es farrago (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · ru винегре́т (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · sco pran (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · ru мешани́на (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · la miscellānea (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · yi מיש־מאַש (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · sv sammelsurium (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · af mengelmoes (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · es revoltijo (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · es brodio (a confused mass of ingredients shaken or mixed together in the same pot) · fr salmigondis (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · nl mikmak (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · nl mengelmoes (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · it accozzaglia (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · es comistrajo (a confused mass of ingredients shaken or mixed together in the same pot) · is hrærigrautur (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · hu összevisszaság (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · az həftəbecər (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · ru вся́кая вся́чина (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · es bodrio (a confused mass of ingredients shaken or mixed together in the same pot) · bg тюрлюгювеч (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · mk турлитава (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · es gatuperio (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · hu zagyvalék (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · it pastrocchio (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · he עִרְבּוּבִיָּה (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · es fárrago (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · es mezcolanza (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · es batiburrillo (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · no virvar (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · ca poti-poti (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · it pot-pourri (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · fr fatras (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · pt miscelânea (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · pdt Mischmausch (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · la farrāgō (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · de Wust (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · it zibaldone (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · ka აჯაფსანდალი (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · de Mischmasch (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · it guazzabuglio (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · pt mistureba (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · de Sammelsurium (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · eo miksamaso (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · no sammensurium (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · cs mišmaš (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · es guisote (a confused mass of ingredients shaken or mixed together in the same pot) · gl galdrumada (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · it pasticcio (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · sv salig blandning (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · es mescolanza (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · pt salgalhada (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · fi sekamelska (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · gd sop às gach seid (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · cy cybolfa (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble) · hu zűrzavar (collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble)