Used in a Sentence

podge

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for podge.

Editorial note

But when you throw them in with a hodge-podge of approaches, at some point the result is a hot mess.

Examples15
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Fatness, fat; podginess.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of podge gathered in one view.

noun

Fatness, fat; podginess.

noun

(UK, informal) A fat person.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for podge.

noun

Fatness, fat; podginess.

noun

(UK, informal) A fat person.

Example sentences

1

But when you throw them in with a hodge-podge of approaches, at some point the result is a hot mess.

2

Nothing else even comes close - not WebStorm, not Sublime and not Vim or some hodge-podge of other tools.

3

Australia's GST has been 10% since it was introduced in the mid-90s (replacing a confusing hodge-podge of existing sales taxes).

4

None of English is correct by that standard: it's a hodge-podge of a language with inconsistencies down to the root.

5

The web, to me, is a hodge-podge of kludgy technologies that have too many gotchas.

6

This looks like a hodge-podge of app ideas that got created in some brainstorming session.

7

It's a hodge-podge of semi-accurate statements about very minor trends (minor in employment terms) and inaccurate statements that it's hard to critique.

8

Compared to that kind of hodge-podge, relativity is still a really simple theory.

9

Or would our easy use of language just encourage us to merge the best of all languages into some optimized hodge-podge general-use language?

10

There are a hodge-podge of plugins to do various things, but they don't necessarily share the same design principles or work well together.

11

FreeBSD is just much more organized, Linux is more of a hodge-podge.

12

The services in question are built with a hodge-podge of shell scripts and build tools, so getting them all to compile locally is a challenge, let alone deploying them.

Quote examples

1

Having a hodge-podge of 2000 line functions in one massive file is just as evil as "dirty" OOP code.

2

It looks very "Linux" from however long ago - that is, poor and inconsistent spacing, hodge-podge of icons (especially overcomplicated ones), frugal padding, etc.

3

Even if it were demonstrably not a hodge-podge mess of history, fiction, poetry, and teaching, would that even sway your seeming pre-commitment to the words you wrote: " Either way the Christian God is not the God I might believe in?" "Well if he was right in front of me I would obviously admit I was wrong." -- that seems to be the a realistic response.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use podge in a sentence?

But when you throw them in with a hodge-podge of approaches, at some point the result is a hot mess.

What does podge mean?

Fatness, fat; podginess.

What part of speech is podge?

podge is commonly used as noun.