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Webster 1913 Edition


Ogle

O′gle

(ōg’l)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Ogled
(ōg’ld)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Ogling
(ō′glĭng)
.]
[From a Dutch word corresponding to G.
äugeln
to ogle, fr.
auge
eye; cf. D.
ooglonken
to ogle, OD.
oogen
to cast sheep’s eyes upon,
ooge
eye. See
Eye
.]
1.
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.

O′gle

,
Noun.
An amorous side glance or look.
Byron.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ogle

O'GLE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. oculus. See Eye.]
To view with side glances, as in fondness or with design to attract notice.
And ogling all their audience, then they speak.

O'GLE

,
Noun.
A side glance or look.

Definition 2024


ogle

ogle

See also: øgle, öğle, and oglē

English

Alternative forms

  • augle (Northern England)

Verb

ogle (third-person singular simple present ogles, present participle ogling, simple past and past participle ogled)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously.
    • Dryden
      And ogling all their audience, ere they speak.

Translations

Noun

ogle (plural ogles)

  1. An impertinent, flirtatious, amorous or covetous stare.

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Anagrams


Latvian

Ogle (1)
Akmeņogle (2)

Alternative forms

  • (dialectal forms) oglis

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *anglis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ongʷl- (coal). Cognates include Lithuanian anglìs, Old Prussian anglis, Old Church Slavonic ѫгль (ǫglĭ), Russian у́голь (úgolʹ), Belarusian вуголь (vúgol’), Ukrainian вугіль (vúgil’), Bulgarian въгле (vǎ́gle), Czech uhel, Polish węgiel.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ùoɡlɛ]

Noun

ogle f (5th declension)

  1. charcoal (partially burnt organic materials, usually wood)
    aktīvā ogle, aktivētā ogle ― activated carbon
    melns kā ogle ― black as charcoal
    ogles zīmējumi ― charcoal drawings
    kvēlojošas ogles ― burning coals
  2. (syn. akmeņogle) coal (mineral deposits, used as industrial fuel)
    ogļu atradnescoal deposits
    ogļu ieguvecoal mining
    ogļu rūpniecībacoal industry

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), ogle”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7