hodgepodge

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈhɒdʒˌpɒdʒ/
• (America) IPA: /ˈhɑdʒˌpɑdʒ/

Noun

hodgepodge

1. A hotchpotch; a collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.

   His latest sculpture is a hodgepodge of kitchen clutter and scrap glued together. In fact, all his recent pieces have been similar hodgepodges.

   • 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.

2. A confused mass of ingredients shaken or mixed together in the same pot.

Synonyms

• farrago, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag
• See also Thesaurus:hodgepodge

Translations

• French: salmigondis, fatras
• German: Sammelsurium, Mischmasch, Wust
• Italian: pot-pourri, accozzaglia, zibaldone, miscuglio, pasticcio, pastrocchio, guazzabuglio
• Portuguese: mistureba, miscelânea, mistureba
• Russian: вся́кая вся́чина
• Spanish: mezcolanza

Verb

hodgepodge (hodgepodges, present participle hodgepodging; past and past participle hodgepodged)

1. (ambitransitive) To move or position in an erratic, disorganised manner.

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