stodge

verb · nounA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

stodges

V_ing/Gerund

stodging

V_ed/pp

stodged

1.
(transitive)To stuff; to cram.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

stodges

1.
(British, countable, uncountable)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.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)(figurative) Anything dull and bland.
Critics dismissed the book as academic stodge.

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Nguồn gốc từ

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