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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Any thick, satisfying food; a stiff, thick mass of a semi-liquid nature.
  • noun Thick, slimy mud; a wet, muddy condition.
  • noun A fat, thick-set person; a deformed person.
  • To make heavy, full, and stupid by cramming with surfeiting or coarse food.
  • To mix into a thick, liquid mass; stir up.
  • To walk with short, heavy steps; walk with the feet sticking in mud; stick fast in mud.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive To stuff.
  • noun UK heavy, dull food, typically those based on starches

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun heavy and filling (and usually starchy) food

Etymologies

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Unknown origin, but possibly from stog.

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