stodge

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

• IPA^(key): /stɒd͡ʒ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒdʒ

stodge (third-person singular simple present stodges, present participle stodging, simple past and past participle stodged)

1. (transitive) To stuff; to cram.

• stodgy

stodge (countable and uncountable, plural stodges)

1. (British) Heavy, dull, often starchy food, such as a steamed pudding
2. (figurative) Anything dull and bland.

• “stodge”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

• godets