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[bog, bawg] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, bogged, bog·ging.
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[bog, bawg] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, bogged, bog·ging. –noun
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
—Verb phrase
| 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. |
[Origin: 1495–1505; < Ir or ScotGael bogach soft ground (bog soft + -ach n. suffix); (def. 4) perh. a different word]
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boggish, adjective
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| bog
(bôg, bŏg) Pronunciation Key
n.
v. bogged, bog·ging, bogs 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. |
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