stodge

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verb

ˈstäj How to pronounce stodge (audio)
stodged; stodging
Synonyms of stodgenext

transitive verb

British
: to stuff full especially with food

stodge

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noun

British
: something or someone stodgy

Examples of stodge in a Sentence

Noun We filled up on stodge at the banquet.
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Noun
In the oven, the zucchini gave enough liquid to finish cooking the rice, and the cream was a more delicate binder than roux, which so frequently turns a gratin into stodge. — New York Times, 27 Aug. 2019 Dean’s is part of a wave of restaurants—Sailor, Lord’s, Dame—that have pointedly reframed British gastronomy for a New York audience that perhaps believed too readily in the myth of English stodge. — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 17 May 2026

Word History

Etymology

Verb

origin unknown

First Known Use

Verb

1674, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1825, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of stodge was in 1674

Rhymes for stodge

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