hodgepodge
See also: hodge-podge
English
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Etymology
From Middle English hochepoche, a variation of hochepot, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French hochepot, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch hutspot (“beef or mutton cut into small pieces and mixed and boiled together in a pot”), from hotsen, hutsen (“to shake; jog; jolt”) + pot (“pot”), equivalent to hotch + pot. Compare German Low German Hüttspott (“hodgepodge”).
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file)
Noun
hodgepodge (countable and uncountable, plural hodgepodges)
- A hotchpotch; a collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.
- 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.
- A confused mass of ingredients shaken or mixed together in the same pot.
Synonyms
- farrago, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag
- See also Thesaurus:hodgepodge
Translations
collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble
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Verb
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- (transitive, intransitive) To move or position in an erratic, disorganised manner.
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