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Webster 1913 Edition
Boggle
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.
Bog′gle
,Verb.
T.
To embarrass with difficulties; to make a bungle or botch of.
[Local, U. S.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Boggle
BOG'GLE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To doubt; to hesitate; to stop, as if afraid to proceed, or as if impeded by unforeseen difficulties; to play fast and loose. We boggle at every unusual appearance.2.
To dissemble.BOG'GLE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
boggle
boggle
English
Verb
boggle (third-person singular simple present boggles, present participle boggling, simple past and past participle boggled)
- (intransitive) To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.
- He boggled at the surprising news.
- The mind boggles.
- Barrow
- Boggling at nothing which serveth their purpose.
- Glanvill
- We start and boggle at every unusual appearance.
- (transitive) To confuse or mystify; overwhelm.
- The vastness of space really boggles the mind.
- The oddities of quantum mechanics can boggle the minds of students and experienced physicists alike.
- (US, dialect) To embarrass with difficulties; to bungle or botch.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To play fast and loose; to dissemble.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Howell to this entry?)
Derived terms
Translations
to be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused
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to confuse or mystify; overwhelm