[bog, bawg] 
noun, verb, bogged, bog⋅ging.| 1. | wet, spongy ground with soil composed mainly of decayed vegetable matter. |
| 2. | an area or stretch of such ground. |
| 3. | to sink in or as if in a bog (often fol. by down): We were bogged down by overwork. |
| 4. | bog in, Australian Slang. to eat heartily and ravenously. |
| bog (bôg, bŏg) n.
v. tr. To cause to sink in or as if in a bog: We worried that the heavy rain across the prairie would soon bog our car. Don't bog me down in this mass of detail. v. intr. To be hindered and slowed. [Irish Gaelic bogach, from bog, soft; see bheug- in Indo-European roots.] bog'gi·ness n., bog'gy adj. |
