becroggle
becroggle verb: to cause shock or confusion sufficient to cause brief paralysis.
Verb
becroggle (third-person singular simple present becroggles, present participle becroggling, simple past and past participle becroggled)
- To cause shock or confusion sufficient to cause brief paralysis.
- When I finally figured out that she was asking if I was sad at not winning a Nebula, I was becroggled. I finally found my voice and told her that in twenty-five years of reading and writing science fiction, I had heard a hell of a lot of gauche questions, butthat really took the cake.1982, Marion Zimmer Bradley, “Darkover Retrospective”, in The Planet Savers/Sword of Aldones, page 347
- I'm becroggled by the scorn heaped upon the perfectly useful word "salesperson"... but that's neither here nor there.1996 September 20, Lee Billings, “Genderless nouns (was Re: English ladies)”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet), message-ID <51t4ol$d3h@news.chattanooga.net>
Forms of becroggle
| third-person singular present | becroggles |
|---|---|
| present participle | becroggling |
| past participle | becroggled |
| past | becroggled |
Origin of becroggle
From be- + croggle.
Words that rhyme with becroggle
Questions about becroggle
- What does becroggle mean?
- Becroggle means to cause shock or confusion sufficient to cause brief paralysis.
- What part of speech is becroggle?
- Becroggle is a verb.
- What is the past tense of becroggle?
- The past tense of becroggle is becroggled.
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