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clogger

clogger noun: one who, or that which, clogs.

Noun (1)

clogger (plural cloggers)

  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
    Synonyms:
    obstructer
  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...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

Noun (2)

clogger (plural cloggers)

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

Synonyms of clogger

Forms of clogger

pluralcloggers

Origin of clogger

From clog (verb) + -er.

From clog (noun) + -er.

Words that rhyme with clogger

Questions about clogger

What does clogger mean?
Clogger means one who, or that which, clogs.
What part of speech is clogger?
Clogger is a noun.
What is the plural of clogger?
The plural of clogger is cloggers.

Words near clogger in the dictionary

  1. cloggable
  2. cloggage
  3. cloggages
  4. clogged
  5. clogged up
  6. clogger
  7. cloggers
  8. cloggier
  9. cloggiest
  10. cloggily
  11. clogginess

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