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ogin

Syllables: o·gin/ˈɒɡɪn/US/ˈɑɡɪn/

ogin noun: a large body of water including the sea or the ocean.

Noun

ogin

  1. (UK) A large body of water including the sea or the ocean.
    • Nobody has yet put up a suitable argument for *never* going into the ogin to help someone who can't raise their own head above the surface...2004 April 6, DannyBoy, “Man Overboard Statistics....”, in uk.rec.sailing (Usenet)

Forms of ogin

alternative formoggin

Origin of ogin

Unclear. Among various suggestions, it may be a corrupted form of hogwash (“swill”), of noggin (“a small measure of an alcoholic drink”), or of ocean.

Words that rhyme with ogin

Questions about ogin

What does ogin mean?
Ogin means a large body of water including the sea or the ocean.
What part of speech is ogin?
Ogin is a noun.
How do you pronounce ogin?
Ogin is pronounced /ˈɑɡɪn/ (US).

Words near ogin in the dictionary

  1. Ogilvie
  2. Ogilvie syndrome
  3. Ogilvies
  4. Ogilvy
  5. Ogilvys
  6. ogin
  7. Ogino
  8. ogival
  9. ogive
  10. ogived
  11. ogives

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