bogdown
bogdown noun: a situation in which something becomes stuck or bogged down.
Noun
bogdown (plural bogdowns)
- A situation in which something becomes stuck or bogged down.
- In their natural jitters as the release of the "balloon" came closer and closer, correspondents and broadcasters had feared technical and administrative bogdowns. which were not exactly rare in military campaigns.1966, Eugene Lyons, David Sarnoff: A Biography, New York, N.Y.: Pyramid Books, published 1967, page 299
- But listen to Jimi's brilliant, scorched-earth solo, recorded on the last day of 1969, after Woodstock, after the bogdown in Vietnam, after the riots of 1967, after the assassinations of 1968.2008, Mark Fogarty, Went to See the Gypsy: An Amazing Journey to the Heart of Rock and Roll, →ISBN, page 213
Forms of bogdown
| plural | bogdowns |
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Origin of bogdown
Deverbal from bog down.
Questions about bogdown
- What does bogdown mean?
- Bogdown means a situation in which something becomes stuck or bogged down.
- What part of speech is bogdown?
- Bogdown is a noun.
- What is the plural of bogdown?
- The plural of bogdown is bogdowns.
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