briggle
/ˈbɹɪɡəl/
briggle verb: to potter around; friggle; fiddle.
Verb
briggle (third-person singular simple present briggles, present participle briggling, simple past and past participle briggled)
- To potter around; friggle; fiddle.
- Some of the boys called it “a h—l of a time.” Such “briggling about” was almost unpardonable.1886, Wm. Kepler, chapter XVII, in History of the three months' and three years' service from April 16th, 1861, to June 22d, 1864, of the Fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the war for the...
- I let him try his hand at life insurance, after he'd failed at about everything else. Well, in the course of three weeks of briggling, he landed one man for a thousand dollars;1906 November, James Ball Naylor, “From Jim to Jack: Letters to an Old-Time Schoolmate”, in The Ohio Magazine, volume 1, number 5, page 428, column 1
Forms of briggle
| third-person singular present | briggles |
|---|---|
| present participle | briggling |
| past participle | briggled |
| past | briggled |
Words that rhyme with briggle
Questions about briggle
- What does briggle mean?
- Briggle means to potter around; friggle; fiddle.
- What part of speech is briggle?
- Briggle is a verb.
- How do you pronounce briggle?
- Briggle is pronounced /ˈbɹɪɡəl/.
- What is the past tense of briggle?
- The past tense of briggle is briggled.
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