Definitions for boggle
ˈbɒg əlbog·gle

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. boggleverb

   startle with amazement or fear

2. boggleverb

   hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or fear

3. flabbergast, boggle, bowl oververb

   overcome with amazement

   "This boggles the mind!"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. boggleverb

   To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.

   He boggled at the surprising news.

2. boggleverb

   To confuse or mystify; overwhelm.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To BOGGLEverb

   Etymology: from bogil, Dutch, a spectre; a bugbear; a phantom.

   1. To start; to fly back; to fear to come forward.

   You boggle shrewdly; every feather starts you. William Shakespeare, All’s well that ends well.

   We start and boggle at every unusual appearance, and cannot endure the sight of the bugbear. Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis, c. 16.

   Nature, that rude, and in her first essay,
   Stood boggling at the roughness of the way;
   Us’d to the road, unknowing to return,
   Goes boldly on, and loves the path when worn. Dryden.

   2. To hesitate; to be in doubt.

   And never boggle to restore
   The members you deliver o’er,
   Upon demand. Hudibras, p. iii. c. i.

   The well-shaped changeling is a man that has a rational soul, say you. Make the ears a little longer, and more pointed, and the nose a little flatter than ordinary, and then you begin to boggle. John Locke.

   3. To play fast and loose; to dissemble.

   When summoned to his last end, it was no time for him to boggle with the world. James Howell, Vocal Forest.

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1. Boggle

   Boggle is a word game invented by Allan Turoff and originally distributed by Parker Brothers. The game is played using a plastic grid of lettered dice, in which players look for words in sequences of adjacent letters.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bogglenoun

   to stop or hesitate as if suddenly frightened, or in doubt, or impeded by unforeseen difficulties; to take alarm; to exhibit hesitancy and indecision

2. Bogglenoun

   to do anything awkwardly or unskillfully

3. Bogglenoun

   to play fast and loose; to dissemble

4. Boggleverb

   to embarrass with difficulties; to make a bungle or botch of

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1. Boggle

   Boggle is a word game designed by Allan Turoff, and trademarked by Parker Brothers, a division of Hasbro. The game is played using a plastic grid of lettered dice, in which players attempt to find words in sequences of adjacent letters.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Boggle

   bog′l, v.i. to stop or hesitate as if at a bogle: to start with fright: to make difficulties about a thing: to equivocate.—n. a scruple, objection: a bungle.—n. Bogg′ler, one who boggles: a doubter: (Shak.) one who starts from the right path. [See Bogle.]

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1. • Hesitate
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How to pronounce boggle?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say boggle in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of boggle in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of boggle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of boggle in a Sentence

1. Martin Smith:

   Their compatriots included such beasts as Wiwaxia, a slug covered in leaf-like scales and towering spines; Anomalocaris, resembling a cross between a lobster and a can-opener; Nectocaris, a boggle-eyed two-armed squid, and Opabinia, which looks like a shrimp that swallowed a vacuum cleaner.

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