Definitions for boggles

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boggles bog·gle

Spelling: [bog-uh l]

IPA: /ˈbɒg əl/

Boggles is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 116 anagrams from letters in boggles (begglos).

Definitions for boggles

noun

1. an act of shying or taking alarm.
2. a scruple; demur; hesitation.
3. bungle; botch.
4. bogle.

verb (used with object)

1. to overwhelm or bewilder, as with the magnitude, complexity, or abnormality of:
2. to bungle; botch.

verb (used without object)

1. to hesitate or waver because of scruples, fear, etc.
2. to start or jump with fear, alarm, or surprise; shrink; shy.
3. to bungle awkwardly.
4. to be overwhelmed or bewildered.

Origin of boggles

First recorded in 1590-1600; perhaps from boggle²

Examples for boggles

She wasn't made for work—any one could see that—and it was a cruel shame to let her boggle on with it.

They may boggle at a word or a phrase in terminology which is avowedly idiomatic.

A nation converted to the gospel of Eugenics will not boggle at providing the means for saving itself.

For—not to boggle about it—I am in some uneasiness, Miss Smith.

You might take a needle and boggle up your rags, as decency demands.

“boggle” is a Norse word, sometimes equal to personification of diety or saint.

But Doggie was not one to boggle at the truth, as he saw it.

When placed side-by-side, the horrors of the Palestinian propaganda machine begin to boggle the mind.

I did not boggle at his slave-dealing, but took him on the spot.

There was boggle, the tooth fairy, Sesame Street, family pets, and school plays.