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shoggle

/ˈʃɒɡəl/

shoggle is the alternative form of shoogle.

Meaning of shoogle

Verb

shoogle (third-person singular simple present shoogles, present participle shoogling, simple past and past participle shoogled)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, transitive) To shake or rock rapidly.
    • I heard the sparks who drove us saying something like, ‘You keep these three Doc; we'll shoogle up the mess boys and find some breakfast.’2005, David Fiddimore, Tuesday's War, unnumbered page

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Proper noun capitalized: Shoggle

Shoggle

  1. (archaic) Archaic form of Jisr al-Shughur.

Forms of shoggle

third-person singular presentshoggles
present participleshoggling
past participleshoggled
pastshoggled

Origin of shoggle

See shog, joggle.

Words formed from shoggle

Questions about shoggle

What is shoggle the alternative form of?
Shoggle is the alternative form of shoogle.
What part of speech is shoggle?
Shoggle is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce shoggle?
Shoggle is pronounced /ˈʃɒɡəl/.

Words near shoggle in the dictionary

  1. shogaol
  2. shogaols
  3. shogged
  4. shogging
  5. shoggings
  6. shoggle
  7. shoggled
  8. shoggles
  9. shoggling
  10. shoggly
  11. shoggoth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shoggle (page history and authors); Shoggle (page history and authors); shoogle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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