bogle

== English == === Etymology === Uncertain; possibly cognate with English bug, or derived from Welsh bwgwly (“to terrify”). === Pronunciation === enPR: bŏg′əl, bō′gəl (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɒɡ.əl/, (older) /ˈbɔːɡ.əl/; /ˈbəʊ̯.ɡəl/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɔɡ.əl/, (cot–caught merger) /ˈbɑɡ.əl/; /ˈboʊ̯.ɡəl/ (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈbɒɡ.əl/, (cot–caught merger) /ˈbɑɡ.əl/; /ˈboʊ̯.ɡəl/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈbɔɡ.əl/; /ˈbəʉ̯.ɡəl/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈbɒɡ.əl/; /ˈbɐʉ̯.ɡəl/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈbɔɡ.əl/; /ˈbo.ɡəl/ (India) IPA(key): /ˈbɔɡ.əl/; /ˈboː.ɡəl/ Rhymes: -ɒɡəl, -əʊɡəl Hyphenation: bog‧le, bo‧gle === Noun === bogle (plural bogles) (UK, especially Scotland) A goblin, imp, bogeyman, bugbear or similar a frightful being or phantom. (dialectal, dated) A scarecrow. (dance) A Jamaican dance move that involves raising and lowering the arms while moving the body in a waving motion. ==== Alternative forms ==== boggle ==== Derived terms ==== bogledom potato-bogle === Verb === bogle (third-person singular simple present bogles, present participle bogling, simple past and past participle bogled) Obsolete form of boggle. === References === === Further reading === The English Dialect Dictionary, Being the Complete Vocabulary of All Dialect Words Still in Use, Or Known to Have Been in Use During the Last Two Hundred Years: A-E === Anagrams === Belgo-, Globe, Gobel, Goble, globe