hodgepodge

English

Alternative forms

• hodge-podge

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈhɒdʒˌpɒdʒ/, SAMPA: /"hQdZ%pQdZ/
• (US) IPA: /ˈhɑdʒˌpɑdʒ/, SAMPA: /"hAdZ%pAdZ/

Noun

hodgepodge (countable and uncountable; plural hodgepodges)

1. A collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble.

   His latest sculpture is a hodgepodge of kitchen clutter and scrap glued together. In fact, all his recent pieces have been similar hodgepodges.

   • 1653, Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler

     Man's life is but vain, for 'tis subject to pain, / And sorrow, and short as a bubble; / 'Tis a hodge-podge of business, and money, and care, / And care, and money, and trouble.

Synonyms

• farrago, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag
• See also Wikisaurus:hodgepodge

Translations

collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble

Dutch: mikmak (nl) m., mengelmoes (nl) Finnish: sekamelska (fi) German: Sammelsurium (de) n.

Norwegian: sammensurium n. Portuguese: mistureba (pt) f. Russian: всякая всячина f. Swedish: sammelsurium (sv) c.