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coggle

coggle verb: to move or walk unsteadily.

Verb

coggle (third-person singular simple present coggles, present participle coggling, simple past and past participle coggled)

  1. To move or walk unsteadily

Noun (1)

coggle (plural coggles)

  1. A small fishing boat.

Noun (2)

coggle (plural coggles)

  1. cobble (all senses)

Forms of coggle

Verb
third-person singular presentcoggles
present participlecoggling
past participlecoggled
pastcoggled
Noun
pluralcoggles

Origin of coggle

Origin obscure. Perhaps from cog (“small boat”) + -le (frequentative suffix), in reference to the rocking or swaying motion of the sea; or perhaps an alteration of cockle (“to move up and down”).

See cog (“small boat”).

From cock (“a roundish heap”) + -le (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Swedish koka (“a lump of earth”). Compare also Dutch kogel, German Kugel (“ball”).

Words formed from coggle

Questions about coggle

What does coggle mean?
Coggle means to move or walk unsteadily.
What part of speech is coggle?
Coggle can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of coggle?
The past tense of coggle is coggled.

Words near coggle in the dictionary

  1. Coggeshalls
  2. Coggin
  3. cogging
  4. Coggins
  5. Cogginses
  6. coggle
  7. coggled
  8. coggles
  9. coggling
  10. coggly
  11. Coghill

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