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brog

/bɹɒɡ/

brog noun: a pointed instrument, such as a joiner's awl. Also the pronunciation spelling of brogue.

Noun

brog (plural brogs)

  1. (obsolete) A pointed instrument, such as a joiner's awl.

Verb

brog (third-person singular simple present brogs, present participle brogging, simple past and past participle brogged)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To prod with a pointed instrument, such as a lance; to prick or pierce.
    • D'ye think I was born to sit here brogging an elshin through bend-leather, when sic men as Duncan Forbes, and that other Arniston chield there, without muckle greater parts, if the close-head speak true, than mysell, maun be presidents1818 July 25, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], Tales of My Landlord, Second Series, […] (The Heart of Mid-Lothian), volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] [James...
    • the stony-hearted villains were brogging them on wi' their lances!1820 March, [Walter Scott], The Monastery. A Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Co....
    Synonyms:
    broggle

Also used as

brog is also the pronunciation spelling of brogue.

Synonyms of brog

Forms of brog

Noun
pluralbrogs
Verb
third-person singular presentbrogs
present participlebrogging
past participlebrogged
pastbrogged

Origin of brog

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic bròg. Compare brob.

Questions about brog

What does brog mean?
Brog means a pointed instrument, such as a joiner's awl.
What part of speech is brog?
Brog can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce brog?
Brog is pronounced /bɹɒɡ/.
What is the plural of brog?
The plural of brog is brogs.

Words near brog in the dictionary

  1. brofist
  2. brofists
  3. broflake
  4. broflakes
  5. broflanilide
  6. brog
  7. brogan
  8. broganeer
  9. broganeers
  10. brogans
  11. Brogans Creek

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