hodgepodge
Collocations
3ADJ.
different, ill-absorbed
HODGEPODGE + NOUN
immigrant, kitchen, logograms, traditions
PREP.
into
Definitions
noun
A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.
His latest sculpture is a hodgepodge of kitchen clutter and scrap glued together.
MAn's life is but vain, for tis ſubject to pain, / and ſorrow, and ſhort as a buble; / 'tis a hodge podge of buſineſs, and mony and care, / and care, and mony, and trouble.
A confused mass of ingredients shaken or mixed together in the same pot.
The little Pieces of Beef vvere like Plums in our Hodg-podg. Indeed 'tvvas not fit to be eaten any other vvay; for tho' it did not ſtink, yet it vvas very unſavory and black, vvithout the leaſt ſign of Fat in it: […]
verb
To move or position in an erratic, disorganized manner.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a motley assortment of things
- oddments
- melange
- farrago
- ragbag
- mishmash
- mingle-mangle
- hotchpotch
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6His latest sculpture is a hodgepodge of kitchen clutter and scrap glued together.
WiktionaryMAn's life is but vain, for tis ſubject to pain, / and ſorrow, and ſhort as a buble; / 'tis a hodge podge of buſineſs, and mony and care, / and care, and mony, and trouble.
WiktionaryThe entire section is a hodgepodge of ill-absorbed and ill-digested bits of information lifted in a haphazard fashion from the sources used with apparently no other goal in mind than to accumulate a l
WiktionaryYou can put anything into a hodgepodge.
Tatoeba · #535569His language is a hodgepodge of logograms and phonograms, which everyone learns in school.
Tatoeba · #1889636His mutterings are a hodgepodge of insults and complaints.
Tatoeba · #5812553