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

verb

1. to stuff (oneself or another) with food

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of stodge¹

C17: perhaps a blend of stuff + podge

Example Sentences

It is an improvement in style and league placing after the stodge of Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte but it is still a disappointment after so much optimism and promise for the first few months of the season.

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Postecoglou’s brand of attacking football was a sharp contrast to the stodge of Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte but was too easily rumbled by opponents in the second half of the season.

From BBC

Crystal Palace have been transformed from the dull stodge of the final days of Roy Hodgson to exciting, attacking football under Oliver Glasner.

From BBC

Postecoglou’s first campaign will be viewed in a positive light no matter what happens between now and the end of the season, if only for banishing some of the memories of the stodge served up by predecessors Mourinho and Conte.

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"Indian stodge follows England's spice," wrote the Sunday Telegraph.

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Related Words

• gallop
• plod
• ramble
• roam
• slog
• traipse
• trample
• trudge