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bog⋅gle
1 [bog-uh
l]
verb, -gled, -gling, noun –verb (used with object)
| 1. | to overwhelm or bewilder, as with the magnitude, complexity, or abnormality of: The speed of light boggles the mind. |
| 2. | to bungle; botch. |
–verb (used without object)
| 3. | to hesitate or waver because of scruples, fear, etc. |
| 4. | to start or jump with fear, alarm, or surprise; shrink; shy. |
| 5. | to bungle awkwardly. |
| 6. | to be overwhelmed or bewildered. |
–noun
| 7. | an act of shying or taking alarm. |
| 8. | a scruple; demur; hesitation. |
| 9. | bungle; botch. |
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Boggle
Bog"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Boggling.] [ See Bogle, n.]1. To stop or hesitate as if suddenly frightened, or in doubt, or impeded by unforeseen difficulties; to take alarm; to exhibit hesitancy and indecision. We start and boggle at every unusual appearance. --Glanvill. Boggling at nothing which serveth their purpose. --Barrow. 2. To do anything awkwardly or unskillfully. 3. To play fast and loose; to dissemble. --Howell. Syn: To doubt; hesitate; shrink; stickle; demur.Boggle
Bog"gle\, v. t. To embarrass with difficulties; to make a bungle or botch of. [Local, U. S.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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boggle
1598, "to start with fright" (as a startled horse does), from M.E. bugge "specter" (among other things, supposed to scare horses at night); see bug. The meaning "to raise scruples, hesitate" is from 1638.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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