--- title: "How to pronounce \"codge\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"codge\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/gegpPAizDd8/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/codge" --- # How to pronounce "codge" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/kɒʊddʒ/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **codge** ## Meaning & Usage ### VERB - To patch or cobble together; to make hastily and carelessly. - *Example*: "[…] this it was that branded him as one of the contemporary theatre's journeymen hack 'playwrights', in his own disparaging phrase, ready to turn a hand to anything, and able to codge up a play to order from any materials at hand." ### Example Sentences - "[…] this it was that branded him as one of the contemporary theatre's journeymen hack 'playwrights', in his own disparaging phrase, ready to turn a hand to anything, and able to codge up a play to order from any materials at hand." - "old codger here and also taring you with the same brush but how many times have we done news stories as journalists about ministers saying oh yeah we need" - "and other old codgers, is an old cowboy song called "Streets of Laredo," but last night I looked it up on You-- not on YouTube," ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (10 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "codge" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "those space on the ground start implementing this projects then we might start believing you about growth and Chris I'm not trying to sound like an old codger here and also taring you with the same brush but how many times have we done news stories as journalists about ministers saying oh yeah we need to improve the transport links between Oxford and Cambridge and we need to build loads more houses outside Cambridge so that people can go and work" - **Watch at 14:02**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gegpPAizDd8&t=842s) ### Example 2 *Accent: US* > "and other old codgers, is an old cowboy song called "Streets of Laredo," but last night I looked it up on You-- not on YouTube," - **Watch at 7:45**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxf8mHkxgoA&t=465s) ### Example 3 *Accent: AUS* > "As a little codger I'd go over and sit amongst the chooks and put my hand underneath the hens waiting for them to lay an egg." - **Watch at 0:25**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaoDh-BlneU&t=25s) ### Example 4 *Accent: US* > "along on his tank a smart codger like me ought to be ashamed of himself if he" - **Watch at 209:06**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhTFD7zASjw&t=12546s) ### Example 5 *Accent: US* > "to wise up the old codgers to a kind of life we're used to here but by golly" - **Watch at 244:24**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhTFD7zASjw&t=14664s) ### Example 6 *Accent: US* > "he's about the closest Old codger we got he come in my office the other day and he pretty near had a stroke telling me about his daughter Fanny seems Miss" - **Watch at 24:26**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTAND0Ode9I&t=1466s) ### Example 7 *Accent: AUS* > "art like that of the kingpins and Randy codgers who we saw in that excerpt episode three" - **Watch at 29:44**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2GGxeEJeqk&t=1784s) ### Example 8 *Accent: US* > "his knees cocked up in the manner described by cousin John Hanks did you ever write out a story in your mind I did when I was a little codger one day a" - **Watch at 74:16**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHRuA2zMVZc&t=4456s) ### Example 9 *Accent: US* > "instead of cigars and when he went to Chicago he took a room with a private bath the whole thing is he explained to Paul rling these old codgers like the" - **Watch at 141:39**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhTFD7zASjw&t=8499s) ### Example 10 *Accent: US* > "joints. Why, I am a boy, sir, to half a dozen old codgers here." - **Watch at 457:48**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd8vr87k6Fc&t=27468s) ## How to Pronounce "codge" - **Syllables**: codge - **IPA**: `/kɒʊddʒ/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Words ### Word Forms [codges](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/codges), [codged](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/codged), [codging](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/codging), [codger](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/codger) ## Related Pronunciations [coag](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/coag), [coagel](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/coagel), [coagie](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/coagie), [coags](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/coags), [coale](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/coale), [coate](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/coate) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “codge”? “codge” is pronounced /kɒʊddʒ/ (codge). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### What does “codge” mean? To patch or cobble together; to make hastily and carelessly. ### How can I hear “codge” used in real sentences? This page has 10 real-world video examples of “codge” with synchronized subtitles. 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