Complete Definition of "hodgepodge"

English

Alternative spellings
hodge-podge

Pronunciation
(US) IPA: /�h�d��p�d�/

Noun
en-noun|-

  1. A collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble.

Quotations
1653, Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler
:Man's life is but vain, for 'tis subject to pain, / And sorrow, and short as a bubble; / 'Tis a hodge-podge of business, and money, and care, / And care, and money, and trouble.

Synonyms
farrago, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag

Translations
trans-top|A collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble
Norwegian: sammensurium n
Russian: в��ка� в���ина f
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