Definition of hodgepodge
:a heterogeneous mixture :jumble
- a hodgepodge of styles
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the exhibit was a hodgepodge of mediocre art, bad art, and really bad art
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Products appear to be a hodgepodge of Amazon stables, ranging from must-have electronics to meal kits and pool floats.
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First, the good news: AMD’s doing away with the frightful hodgepodge of motherboard platforms to unite around the AM4 socket with Ryzen CPUs, Bristol Ridge APUs, and all other chips released in the foreseeable future. Huzzah!
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Others, like the USA ping-pong team, consists of a hodgepodge of the semi-famous, elderly, mostly New York–based Jew.
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That there was a hodgepodge of city departments with some hand in every foot of pavement made the rebuilding job all the more complicated.
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But even these DNA donors were a hodgepodge of what are now two modern groups—
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The virus causes underdevelopment of the head and brain, known as microcephaly, and a hodgepodge of other symptoms, like eye damage and clubfoot, which are loosely categorized as Congenital Zika Syndrome.
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Spectrum’s new product, called Spectrum Stream, costs $26 a month ($20 base + $6 fee), comes with all four local broadcast channels — CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX — and an attractive hodgepodge of 20 more live channels, including TBS, PBS and HGTV.
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The city’s central district is a global hodgepodge of food and accents.
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Origin and Etymology of hodgepodge
alteration of hotchpotch
hodgepodge Synonyms
Synonyms
agglomerate, agglomeration, alphabet soup, assortment, botch, clutter, collage, crazy quilt, farrago, gallimaufry, grab bag, gumbo, hash, miscellany, hotchpotch, jambalaya, jumble, jungle, litter, macédoine, medley, mélange, menagerie, miscellanea, mishmash, mixed bag, montage, motley, muddle, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, pastiche, patchwork, patchwork quilt, potpourri, ragbag, ragout, rummage, salad, salmagundi, scramble, shuffle, smorgasbord, stew, tumble, variety, welterRelated Words
detritus, notions, oddments, odds and ends, sundries; accumulation, aggregate, aggregation, conglomerate, conglomeration; catchall; admixture, alloy, amalgam, blend, combination, commixture, composite, compound, fusion, intermixture, mix-up; bollix, chaos, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, dog's breakfast [chiefly British], mess, morass, muddle, shambles; imbroglio, knot, snarl, tangleHODGEPODGE Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of hodgepodge for English Language Learners
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: a mixture of different things
HODGEPODGE Defined for Kids
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Definition of hodgepodge for Students
:a disorderly mixture
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