Clogging

/ˈklɔɡɪŋ/ verb

Blocking or filling up a passage or pipe so that nothing can flow through easily.

From Middle English 'clogge,' possibly from Scandinavian origins, originally meaning 'wooden block.' It came to mean blocking because a wooden block could obstruct movement.

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