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stodge

/stɒd͡ʒ/

stodge verb: to stuff; to cram.

Verb

stodge (third-person singular simple present stodges, present participle stodging, simple past and past participle stodged)

  1. (transitive) To stuff; to cram.

Noun

stodge (countable and uncountable, plural stodges)

  1. (UK) Heavy, dull, often starchy food, such as a steamed pudding
    • The meal was nothing but heavy stodge with no fresh vegetables.
    • After weeks of bread and porridge, he longed for something other than stodge.
  2. (figuratively) Anything dull and bland.
    • Critics dismissed the book as academic stodge.

stodge meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

stodge in Tamil

வலுச்சாப்பாடு

stodge in Urdu

ٹھونسنا

stodge in Bengali

ঠাসা, গাদা, ভারী, স্বাদহীন, প্রায়ই শ্বেতসারযুক্ত খাবার

Forms of stodge

Verb
third-person singular presentstodges
present participlestodging
past participlestodged
paststodged
Noun
pluralstodges

Origin of stodge

Late 17th century, of "symbolic" origin, suggested by stuff and podge. Compare stog.

Words formed from stodge

Words that rhyme with stodge

Questions about stodge

What does stodge mean?
Stodge means to stuff; to cram.
What is stodge in Tamil?
Stodge in Tamil is வலுச்சாப்பாடு. See Stodge meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is stodge?
Stodge can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce stodge?
Stodge is pronounced /stɒd͡ʒ/.
What is the past tense of stodge?
The past tense of stodge is stodged.

Words near stodge in the dictionary

  1. Stoddard
  2. Stoddard County
  3. Stoddard solvent
  4. Stoddart
  5. Stoddarts
  6. stodge
  7. stodged
  8. stodger
  9. stodgers
  10. stodgery
  11. stodges

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stodge (page history and authors); stodge (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stodge (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stodge (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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