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Past tense of clog

regular verb

The past tense of clog is clogged. The past participle is also clogged.

Forms of clog

Base form (V1)clog /klɒɡ/
Past tense (V2)clogged
Past participle (V3)clogged
Present participleclogging
Third person singularclogs

Clogged in a sentence

  • The roads are clogged up with traffic.
  • Several years ago, in 2018, 46 tons of them clogged New Orleans' storm drains after heavy flooding.2026 February 17, Simmone Shah, “Biodegradable Beads Are Helping Mardi Gras Go Green”, in TIME, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2026
  • The chimney won’t draw properly if it’s clogged up with soot.From the entry draw
  • I was able to unstop the clogged toilet by using a plunger.From the entry unstop
  • The fat that I drained off the meat clogged up the drain.From the entry clog up

Meaning of clog

  1. noun A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel.
  2. noun A blockage.
  3. noun A shoe of any type.

Full definition of clog

Questions about the past tense of clog

What is the past tense of clog?
The past tense of clog is clogged.
What is the past participle of clog?
The past participle of clog is clogged.
Is clog a regular or irregular verb?
Clog is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: clog (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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