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stodge

[ stoj ]

verb (used with object)

, stodged, stodg·ing.
  1. to stuff full, especially with food or drink; gorge.


verb (used without object)

, stodged, stodg·ing.
  1. to trudge:

    to stodge along through the mire.

noun

  1. food that is particularly filling.

stodge

/ stɒdʒ /

noun

  1. heavy filling starchy food
  2. dialect.
    baked or steamed pudding
  3. a dull person or subject
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. to stuff (oneself or another) with food
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stodge1

1665–75; origin uncertain; in some senses perhaps blend of stoff (earlier form of stuff ) and gorge 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stodge1

C17: perhaps a blend of stuff + podge
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Example Sentences

I ken bear a good big blow, but to stodge along every day the same dull round would drive me crazed!

How is one to keep such a piece of quicksilver as you in a state of placid stodge!

If she had her own way she would throw the books into the fire, as tiresome stodge.

No harm done; but to let him go on here in the stodge is a bit of short-sightedness I can't understand.

It was for the good of Felix, and everyone else, that they should not all hang about at home in the stodge and mire.

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