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misguggle

/mɪsˈɡʌɡəl/

misguggle verb: to spoil by rough or careless handling; handle roughly; rumple; crumple; maul; mangle or disfigure; mar; spoil; bungle.

Verb

misguggle (third-person singular simple present misguggles, present participle misguggling, simple past and past participle misguggled)

  1. (transitive) To spoil by rough or careless handling; handle roughly; rumple; crumple; maul; mangle or disfigure; mar; spoil; bungle.
  2. (Scotland, transitive) To hack; slash; carve.

Noun

misguggle (plural misguggles)

  1. Disturbance; disorder; discord.

Forms of misguggle

Verb
third-person singular presentmisguggles
present participlemisguggling
past participlemisguggled
pastmisguggled
alternative formmisgruggle
alternative formmisgoggle
alternative formmisgrugle
alternative formmisgaggle
alternative formmisgoogle
Noun
pluralmisguggles

Origin of misguggle

From a conflation of mis- + guggle (“to soil, dirty”) and mis- + gruggle (“to disorder, rumple”).

Questions about misguggle

What does misguggle mean?
Misguggle means to spoil by rough or careless handling; handle roughly; rumple; crumple; maul; mangle or disfigure; mar; spoil; bungle.
What part of speech is misguggle?
Misguggle can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce misguggle?
Misguggle is pronounced /mɪsˈɡʌɡəl/.
What is the past tense of misguggle?
The past tense of misguggle is misguggled.

Words near misguggle in the dictionary

  1. misguess
  2. misguessed
  3. misguesses
  4. misguessing
  5. misguesstimate
  6. misguggle
  7. misguggled
  8. misguggles
  9. misguggling
  10. misguidance
  11. misguidances

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