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to clog

to clog

1 8.5
To dance with heavy stamping while wearing wooden shoes
  • verb
  • /klɔg/
  • UK
translation icon : zapatear
  • So I can't just trust that these feet were made for clogging because my mother was was a clogger, and she got me into a clogging class.

So I can't just trust that these feet were made for clogging because my mother was was a clogger, and she got me into a clogging class.

Examples

  • It's also helping to fade acne scars but is very light, so it doesn't clog my pores and produce more acne as other products of this type have done in the past.

    Blog text (11)

  • During the festival, the children took turns to clog on the wooden stage, creating a joyful rhythm with their feet.

  • On the dance floor, Otto and Worley are teaching my grandmother how to clog.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • I do not want to clog WUWT with extraneous material.

    Blog text (32)

  • On the drive home, everyone laughs as Nonna recounts how Otto and Worley tried to teach her how to clog.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • He took a couple of strides toward the woods and then seemed to change his mind and danced back to me, lurching and clog-stepping in a secret circle.

    Academic text (1997)

  • At the community center, we gathered every Saturday to clog and learn new dance routines.

  • The instructor encouraged everyone to clog along to the lively music, making sure we all kept in time.

Synonyms

to tap
vsto clog
44 4.1

To make rhythmic sounds with the feet when dancing

uses traditional wooden footwear and folk steps rather than metal plates
to hoof
vsto clog
  • Archaic
1 9.0

To dance energetically on stage

focuses on folk steps and wooden footwear rhythms rather than show vigor
to tapdance
vsto clog
3.4

To move the feet to make a rhythm with small metal plates on special shoes

uses traditional wooden footwear and regional steps instead of metal plates
to steppin'
vsto clog
  • Informal
8.4

Move your feet in time with music as a dance

refers to a set ritual dance with special wooden footwear and strict steps

Phrasal Verbs

to clog up
9 3.7

To block a drain or road so things cannot move through it

Compounds

clog dance
  • UK
1 6.8

A traditional dance where people stamp loudly while wearing shoes with wooden soles

clog dancing
  • UK
1 5.6

A dance done in shoes with wooden soles that uses heavy stamping steps

clog dancer
  • UK
1 7.9

A person who dances while wearing wooden shoes

traditional clog
5.9

A wooden shoe made from one piece of wood and worn in the Netherlands

How Energetic

stomp
14 4.8
to clog
  • UK
1 8.5
to tap
44 4.1
to dance
∞ 1.0
to move
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

clog infinitive
clogged past
clogged past participle
clogging present participle
clogs third person singular

Etymology

Clog as a verb for dancing comes from stamping in wooden clogs, so to clog is 'to dance by tapping your feet' in those heavy shoes.