bogle

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bogle^¹

/ˈbɒɡ.əl/ UK
/ˈbɔːɡ.əl/ UK
/ˈbəʊ̯.ɡəl/ UK
/ˈbɔɡ.əl/ US
/ˈbɑɡ.əl/ US, cot caught merger
/ˈboʊ̯.ɡəl/ US
/ˈbɒɡ.əl/ Canada
/ˈbɑɡ.əl/ Canada, cot caught merger
/ˈboʊ̯.ɡəl/ Canada
/ˈbɔɡ.əl/ Australia
/ˈbəʉ̯.ɡəl/ Australia
/ˈbɒɡ.əl/ New Zealand
/ˈbɐʉ̯.ɡəl/ New Zealand
/ˈbɔɡ.əl/ Scotland
/ˈbo.ɡəl/ Scotland
/ˈbɔɡ.əl/ India
/ˈboː.ɡəl/ India

Rhymes with -ɒɡəl, -əʊɡəl

Where it comes from

Uncertain; possibly cognate with English bug, or derived from Welsh bwgwly (“to terrify”).

noun bogles · boggle

Scotland, UK, especially A goblin, imp, bogeyman, bugbear or similar a frightful being or phantom. For ilka place I ha'e is already fu', But ae big room-'deed frien', I needna lie t'yne An' that has long been haunted by a bogle
dated, dialectal A scarecrow.
A Jamaican dance move that involves raising and lowering the arms while moving the body in a waving motion. At the turn of the Nineties, the footballer Ian Wright would often celebrate his goals by running to the corner flag, and doing a ‘bogling’ move—the ‘bogle’ was a ragamuffin reggae dance then popular in the black community.

verb bogles · bogling · bogled

obsolete Obsolete form of boggle

Bogle^²

proper noun Bogles

A surname.

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@misc{bogle_2026,
  title = {bogle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bogle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}