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boggle
UK /ˈbɒɡ.əl/ US /ˈbɑ.ɡəl/
verb 5noun 3
Collocations
2BOGGLE + NOUN
feather, imagination
ADV.
shrewdly
Definitions
verb
1
(literally or figuratively) to stop or hesitate as if suddenly seeing a bogle.
The dogs went on, but the horse boggled at the sudden appearance of the strange beast.
The horror of the deed and its consequences boggle the imagination.
2
To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.
He boggled at the surprising news.
The mind boggles.
3
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.
4
To embarrass with difficulties; to palter or equivocate; to bungle or botch
5
To dissemble; to play fast and loose (with someone or something).
I would be loth to exchange consciences with them, and boggle so with God Almighty; but these men by a new kind of Metaphysick have found out a way to abstract the Person of the King from his Office to make his Soveraigntie a kinde of Platonick Idea hovering in the aire, while they visibly attempt to assail and destroy his person […]
noun
1
A scruple or objection.
2
A bungle; a botched situation.
noun
1
Alternative form of bogle.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
verb — overcome with amazement
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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The dogs went on, but the horse boggled at the sudden appearance of the strange beast.
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The horror of the deed and its consequences boggle the imagination.
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You boggle shrewdly, every feather starts you […]
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Boggle is a game that uses dice with letters instead of numbers.
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