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clogging up

clogging up is the present participle and gerund of clog up.

Meaning of clog up

Verb

clog up (third-person singular simple present clogs up, present participle clogging up, simple past and past participle clogged up)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To block something completely and physically.
    • The fat that I drained off the meat clogged up the drain.

Questions about clogging up

What is clogging up the present participle and gerund of?
Clogging up is the present participle and gerund of clog up.

Words near clogging up in the dictionary

  1. cloggier
  2. cloggiest
  3. cloggily
  4. clogginess
  5. clogging
  6. clogging up
  7. cloggings
  8. cloggy
  9. Cloghan
  10. Clogher
  11. clogless

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