I. ˈstäj verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: origin unknown
transitive verb
1.
a. : to stuff full especially with food
the young will … be stodged with tea and buns — Mollie Panter-Downes
b. : to more than satisfy : satiate
leaves me to stodge myself with his Times — G.B.Shaw
2. : to mix or stir up together
all they ever do is stodge some old jello and fruit
intransitive verb
1. : to trudge through or as if through muck and mire : tramp clumsily and heavily
ought no longer to go stodging along in penury — F.M.Ford
2. : gorge
he could eat … but he could not stodge — J.M.Barrie
II. noun
( -s )
1. : a thick filling food (as oatmeal or stew)
2. : something resembling stodge: as
a. : dull stupid ideas
b. : unimaginative tedious literary works
the poor reading public soaked in life-long stodge — Sydney (Australia) Bulletin
3. : a slow plodding person
he's such a stodge — Robertson Davies