Definition of hodgepodge
: a heterogeneous mixture : jumble
- a hodgepodge of styles
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Examples of hodgepodge in a Sentence
the exhibit was a hodgepodge of mediocre art, bad art, and really bad art
Recent Examples of hodgepodge from the Web
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Over the course of the decades, backstage came to be a hodgepodge of what had been regarded as improvements in their day but were now antiquated.
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The new premier must rely on a hodgepodge of parties to pass bills, including the far-left, anti-establishment Podemos and two Catalan pro-independence groups.
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The acting is a hodgepodge of better and worse (which is not to say really bad).
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While schools and parents had time to plan in advance for the first two school days of the walkout, the rest of the four days was a hodgepodge of late-afternoon or evening notices of closures for the next day.
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The provisions are supported by consumer advocates and the National Restaurant Association, which wanted to avoid catering to a hodgepodge of requirements from cities and states.
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The provisions are supported by consumer advocates and the National Restaurant Association, which wanted to avoid catering to a hodgepodge of requirements from cities and states.
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The shipping industry lobbied hard for the bill as a means to bring order to a hodgepodge of rules and regulations that threaten to cripple their commerce.
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Summer films, for example, are by and large loud, expensive, and action-packed; fall flicks are prestige; and winter films are oddly terrible: a hodgepodge of cheap thrillers and weepy dramas that somehow couldn't find lodging anywhere else.
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Origin and Etymology of hodgepodge
alteration of hotchpotch
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First Known Use: 15th century
in the meaning defined above
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Synonyms
agglomerate, agglomeration, assortment, clutter, collage, grab bag, hash, hotchpotch, jumble, litter, medley, mélange, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, motley, muddle, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, patchwork, potpourri, ragbag, rummage, salmagundi, scramble, shuffle, smorgasbord, tumble, variety, welter;
Related Words
notions, oddments, odds and ends, sundries;
admixture, alloy, amalgam, blend, combination, commixture, composite, compound, fusion, intermixture, mix-up;
HODGEPODGE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of hodgepodge for English Language Learners
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: a mixture of different things
HODGEPODGE Defined for Kids
Definition of hodgepodge for Students
: a disorderly mixture
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