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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.

Translations

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 atradnes‎ ― coal deposits
    ogļu ieguve‎ ― coal mining
    ogļu rūpniecība‎ ― coal industry

Declension

Derived terms

References

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

Etymology

From Middle Dutch *ooghelen, oeghelen ‎(“to ogle”), frequentative form of oogen ‎(“to eye”); or from Middle Low German ogelen ‎(“to look at, ogle”), frequentative of ogen, ougen ‎(“to eye, see”), equivalent to og- +‎ -le. Compare German äugeln ‎(“to ogle”). More at eye, -le.

Pronunciation

  • (UK): enPR: ōʹgəl, IPA(key): /ˈəʊɡəl/ or (nonstandard, perhaps by analogy with goggle) enPR: ŏgʹəl, IPA(key): /ˈɒɡəl/
  • (US): enPR: ōʹgəl, IPA(key): /ˈoʊɡəl/, /ˈɑɡəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɒɡəl, -əʊɡəl

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