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bogled

bogled is the simple past and past participle of bogle.

Meaning of bogle

Noun

bogle (plural bogles)

  1. (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 bogle1820, Gibby and the ghaist
  2. (dated, dialectal) A scarecrow.
  3. 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.2001 November 25, Diran Adebayo, “Young, gifted, black…and very confused”, in The Observer, →ISSN

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Questions about bogled

What is bogled the simple past and past participle of?
Bogled is the simple past and past participle of bogle.

Words near bogled in the dictionary

  1. bogland
  2. boglander
  3. boglanders
  4. boglands
  5. bogle
  6. bogled
  7. bogledom
  8. bogles
  9. bogless
  10. boglet
  11. boglets

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