Hodgepodge

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈhÉ’dÊ’ËŒpÉ’dÊ’/
• US IPA: /ˈhÉ‘dÊ’ËŒpÉ‘dÊ’/

Origin

From Old French hochepot, from hocher ("to shake") + pot ("pot")

Alternative forms

• hodge-podge

Full definition of hodgepodge

Noun

1. A collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble.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 AnglerMan'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