verb
- present participle of clag: to stick or adhere; to become clogged or stuck with a thick substance
Usage: British English; informal
adjective
- sticky or adhesive; tending to stick or clog
Usage: British English; informal
Examples
- The mud was clagging to the bottom of my shoes.
- The engine parts were clagging up with old grease.
- A clagging substance covered the machinery.
- The dough was too wet and kept clagging to the work surface.
- Heavy clay soil can be clagging in wet weather.
- The paint was clagging on the brush, making it hard to apply smoothly.