bogue
/boʊɡ/
bogue noun: a species of seabream fish native to the eastern Atlantic (Boops boops).
Noun (1)
bogue (plural bogues)
- A species of seabream fish native to the eastern Atlantic (Boops boops).
Noun (2)
bogue (plural bogues)
Verb
bogue (third-person singular simple present bogues, present participle boguing, simple past and past participle bogued)
- To fall off from the wind; to edge away to leeward.
Proper noun capitalized: Bogue
IPA/boːɡ/
Bogue
- A surname.
- An important strait in the Pearl River Delta between Guangzhou and the South China Sea.
- Synonyms:
- Bocca Tigris
- A town in Kansas.
- A town in North Carolina.
Synonyms of bogue
Forms of bogue
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | bogues |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | bogues |
| present participle | boguing |
| past participle | bogued |
| past | bogued |
Origin of bogue
Related to Spanish boga (“a ray-finned fish; Leporinus obtusidens”), from Late Latin bōca, bōx; Box vulgaris is an older name for Boops boops. Compare the obsolete term boce for this fish.
From Cajun French, from Choctaw bok (“creek, stream”). Doublet of bayou.
Related to Spanish bogar (“to row”), Old French voguer (“to sway, move along”).
Phrases with bogue
Questions about bogue
- What does bogue mean?
- Bogue means a species of seabream fish native to the eastern Atlantic (Boops boops).
- What part of speech is bogue?
- Bogue can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce bogue?
- Bogue is pronounced /boʊɡ/.
- What is the plural of bogue?
- The plural of bogue is bogues.
Words near bogue in the dictionary
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