Ogle
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ogle¹
- /ˈəʊɡl̩/ UK
- /ˈɒɡl̩/ UK, uncommon
- /ˈoʊɡl̩/ US
- /ˈɑɡl̩/ US, uncommon
Rhymes with -əʊɡəl, -ɒɡəl
Where it comes from
17th century. Probably from Low German ögeln (“to ogle, to flirt with one's eyes”), from Middle Low German ö̂gelen, frequentative of Middle Low German ö̂gen, from Old Saxon ōgian, from Proto-West Germanic *augijan (“to show”). Alternatively from an equivalent Dutch *ogelen, but this seems unattested (only the simplex ogen). By surface analysis, eye + -le.
verb ogles · ogling · ogled · oggle · augle
- To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously. Near-synonyms: eye up, eyeball
noun ogles · oggle · augle
- An impertinent, flirtatious, amorous or covetous stare.
- An eye. Will you take a varder at the cartz on the feely-omi in the naf strides: the one with the bona blue ogles polarying the omi-palone with a vogue on and a cod sheitel.
Ogle²
proper noun Ogles
- A surname.
- A village in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ1378).
- An unincorporated community in Clay County, Kentucky, United States.
