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o⋅gle

[oh-guhl] verb, o⋅gled, o⋅gling, noun
–verb (used with object)
1. to look at amorously, flirtatiously, or impertinently.
2. to eye; look or stare at.
–verb (used without object)
3. to look amorously, flirtatiously, or impertinently.
4. to look or stare.
–noun
5. an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.

Origin:
1670–80; appar. < D, freq. (see -le ) of oogen to make eyes at, deriv. of oog eye (cf. LG oegeln, G äugeln)


ogler, noun
o·gle   (ō'gəl, ô'gəl)   
v.   o·gled, o·gling, o·gles

v.   tr.
  1. To stare at.
  2. To stare at impertinently, flirtatiously, or amorously.
v.   intr.
To stare in an impertinent, flirtatious, or amorous manner.
n.  An impertinent, flirtatious, or amorous stare.

[Perhaps from Low German oghelen, oegeln, frequentative of oegen, to eye, from oghe, oge, eye; see okw- in Indo-European roots.]
o'gler n.

Ogle

O"gle\ ([=o]g'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ogled; p. pr. & vb. n. Ogling.] [From a Dutch word corresponding to G. ["a]ugeln to ogle, fr. auge eye; cf. D. ooglonken to ogle, OD. oogen to cast sheep's eyes upon, ooge eye. See Eye.] To view or look at with side glances, as in fondness, or with a design to attract notice.

And ogling all their audience, ere they speak. --Dryden.

Ogle

O"gle\, n. An amorous side glance or look. --Byron.

ogle  (v.)
1682, probably from L.G. oeglen, freq. of oegen "look at," from oege "eye." Related to Du. ogen "to look at," from oog "eye." The noun meaning "an amorous glance" is attested from 1711.
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