clag
/klæɡ/noun, verb
clag is spelled C-L-A-G: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, clag means “A glue or paste made from starch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in clag?
| Letters | 4: C-L-A-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 48 million words; the 214,628th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is clag?
Clag appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce clag?
- /klæɡ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-clag.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of clag
- clags present, singular, he/she/it
- clagging participle, present
- clagged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does clag mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A glue or paste made from starch.
- 2
Low cloud, fog or smog.
- 3
Unburned carbon (smoke) from a steam or diesel locomotive, or multiple unit.
- 4
slangBits of rubber which are shed from tires during a race and collect off the racing line, especially on the outside of corners (cf. marbles).
He ran wide in the corner, hit the clag and spun off.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo encumber
- 2
To stick, like boots in mud
Wash the rice well in two waters, if you don't wash 'em, 'e will clag [clag means get sticky] and put 'em in a pot of well-salted boiling water.
- 3
To hit
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does clag come from?
From Middle English claggen, probably of Scandinavian origin. Compare Swedish klägg and Old English clǣġ.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).