To block up or fill with clogs; to obstruct or clog completely.
From be- prefix plus clog. Clog comes from Middle English, possibly from Old Norse klogga or Scottish dialectal clog meaning 'lump' or 'block.' The be- prefix intensifies the sense to mean 'to completely block or fill with clogs.'
The word 'clog' has an interesting double life: it's both a heavy wooden shoe (clogging is the dance) and something that blocks a drain! Both meanings come from the 'blockage' sense—the shoes are chunky and block movement, and drain blockages literally block water. Clogging dances actually come from Irish and Scottish traditions where people wore heavy wooden shoes!
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