Meaning

One who, or that which, clogs..

Definitions by Sense

1. One who, or that which, clogs.
2. (soccer, slang) A physically aggressive player.
3. A maker of the shoes called clogs.
4. A clog dance performer.

Example Sentences

With its barred windows and fading paper signs announcing the various forms of its artery cloggers du jour, it couldn't by any stretch be called inviting.

Hmm, I guess Murray hadn't warned him that Nicki was a toilet clogger. Some kids just were, I guess?

The sport has always been tough, of course; but [Fifa] became concerned that the pre-eminent teams were those that employed particularly physical players, whose specialty was intimidation. This had commercial implications, though they were never spelled out: if the finesse players were succumbing to the “cloggers” as they were known (“clog” meaning to impede or hamper), then the shape of the sport would change fundamentally, skill being replaced by a more robust style of play in which only the strong would survive.

[…] I was normally not able to – unless I fouled him – and I usually did. I think from that time Archie reckoned I was a bit of a clogger and I didn't have Dad's or Archie's skills.

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