bogles

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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