Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [woj]
- /wɒdʒ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [woj]
- /wɒdʒ/
Definitions of wodge word
- noun wodge a lump, chunk, or wad. 1
- noun wodge an object having a lumpy, bulgy shape. 1
- noun wodge (chiefly, UK, colloquial) A bulk quantity; usually of small items, particularly money. 1
- countable noun wodge A wodge of something is a large amount of it or a large piece of it. 0
- noun wodge a thick lump or chunk cut or broken off something 0
- noun wodge a chunk or lump of something 0
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Origin of wodge
First appearance:
before 1905 One of the 15% newest English words
First recorded in 1905-10; perhaps alteration of wedge
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Wodge
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
wodge popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
wodge usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for wodge
noun wodge
- lump — a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
- chunk — Chunks of something are thick solid pieces of it.
- pile — the lower of two dies for coining by hand.
- heap — a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile: a heap of stones.
- handful — the quantity or amount that the hand can hold: a handful of coins.
Antonyms for wodge
noun wodge
- fragment — fragmentation