bogle

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8
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11
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈbɒɡ.əl/
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/ˈbɒɡ.əl/ · /ˈbɔːɡ.əl/ · /ˈbəʊ̯.ɡəl/ · /ˈbɔɡ.əl/ · /ˈbɑɡ.əl/ · /ˈboʊ̯.ɡəl/ · /ˈbəʉ̯.ɡəl/ · /ˈbɐʉ̯.ɡəl/ · /ˈbo.ɡəl/ · /ˈboː.ɡəl/

Definition of bogle

5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Scotland, UK, especially)A goblin, imp, bogeyman, bugbear or similar a frightful being or phantom.
    “For ilka place I ha'e is already fu', But ae big room-'deed frien', I needna lie t'yne An' that has long been haunted by a bogle”
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noun

  1. (Scotland, UK, especially)A goblin, imp, bogeyman, bugbear or similar a frightful being or phantom.
    “For ilka place I ha'e is already fu', But ae big room-'deed frien', I needna lie t'yne An' that has long been haunted by a bogle”
  2. (dated, dialectal)A scarecrow.
  3. A Jamaican dance move that involves raising and lowering the arms while moving the body in a waving motion.
    “At the turn of the Nineties, the footballer Ian Wright would often celebrate his goals by running to the corner flag, and doing a ‘bogling’ move—the ‘bogle’ was a ragamuffin reggae dance then popular in the black community.”
    “In Jamaica, there's a constant stream of new moves, corresponding to big club tunes. Dancers race to put videos online in the hope of starting the next bogle, dutty wine or hot wuk sensation.”

verb

  1. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of boggle.

name

  1. A surname.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly cognate with English bug, or derived from Welsh bwgwly (“to terrify”).

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