time, Inf.stopwatch,
clockwork, n.1. precision machinery, mechanism, inner workings, works, wheels within wheels, wheelworks, synchrony, perfectly timed oraccurate operation.
2. like clockwork regularly, systematically, methodically, at regular intervals, on schedule, according to plan; smoothly, evenly, without a hitch, steadily, uniformly; invariably, without exception, every time,
clod, n.1. lump, mass, gob, glob, wad, ball; nugget, chunk, Inf.hunk, large piece; clump, cluster, bunch, pile, heap, mound; bulge, hump, node, bump, knob, bulb, protuberance.
2. earth, soil, ground, Archaic, loam, Archaic, glebe, field; sod, turf, sward, lawn, grass, green, greensward; subsoil, undersoil, clay, gumbo, mud, mire; marl, fertilizer, humus, mulch.
3. stupid person, blockhead, dolt, dunce, dope, Inf. dummy, Inf.knucklehead, SI.nudnik, SI.stupidhead, fool; oaf, lout, Inf.goop, SI.jerk, SI.creep, donkey, ass. See - fool (def.1).
cloddish, adj.awkward, clumsy, inept, maladroit, heavy-handed, blundering, bungling, gawky orgawk-ish, like a bull in a china shop, Inf.butterfingered, SI. klutzy; loutish, oafish, doltish, lumpish, lumpen, clod-hopping, clownish, lubberly; obtuse, stolid, dull, dense, Inf.thick; rude, vulgar, uncouth, coarse, boorish, churlish, unmannerly, ill-mannered, ill-bred,
clodhopper, n.1. rustic, peasant, provincial, country cousin, countryman, hobnail; farmer, plowman, plowboy, chuff, son ortiller of the soil, swain, kern, gaffer, (in Egypt) fellah, (in Russia)
muszhik ormujick, (in Spanish A merica and South western U. S.) peon, A r-chaic.
hind; yokel, bumpkin, country bumpkin, hawbuck, Dial,
lumpkin, Often Disparaging,
hillbilly, Disparaging.
bogtrotter, Inf.chawbacon, Inf.cider squeezer, SI.hick, SI.woodhick, SI.rube, SI.hayseed, SI.hoosier, Fr. SI. truffe.
2. clodhoppers brogans, brogues, heavy shoes, clumsy footgear, work shoes orboots, construction boots, hiking shoes orboots, SI.gunboats, SI.combat boots,
clog, v. 1. encumber, hamper, hinder, cumber, place an obstacle in the way of, balk; impede, incommode, embarrass, delay, U.S.
filibuster, retard, slow up ordown, brake; frustrate, thwart, cross, oppose, countercheck, counteract; complicate, make things difficult, interfere, get in the way, intervene, intercede, interpose, come between; interrupt, break off, cease, discontinue, suspend, put an end to, curtail; deadlock, bring to a standstill, bring to an impasse; checkmate, foil, defeat, crush, stamp orwipe out.
2. check, hold in check, hold back, restrain, constrain, cramp, trammel, bridle, curb; disadvantage, handicap, cripple, saddle, burden, load; hobble, hopple, tether, tie up, shackle, fetter, handcuff, chain, lock up; prevent, block, obstruct, Obs.intercept, deter; detain, stay, keep, halt, stop, arrest; bar, blockade, barricade, stand in the way; prohibit, forbid, disallow, debar, exclude, shut out.
3. crowd, stuff, cram, fill up, fill to overflowing, overfill, overstuff, overcrowd; clot, gum up, congest, choke up, stop up, dam up, close off, back up.
-n. 4. encumbrance, hindrance, impediment, stumbling block; snag, catch, hitch, rub, drawback, fly in the ointment; difficulty, complication, embarrassment, cumbrance, trouble, bother, pain in the neck, inconvenience, incommodity; hobble, handicap, disadvantage, burden, load, saddle; restraint, constraint, cramp, trammel, bridle, curb, bit; tether, cord, chain, leash; shackle, handcuffs, fetter, lock, padlock; prevention, Obs.interception, prohibition, forbiddance, disallowance, debarring, exclusion.