boggle

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Synonyms: coggle, oggle, goggle, joggle, toggle, roggle, broggle, bogle, woggle, noggle, bogale

Antonyms: coggle, oggle, goggle, joggle, toggle, roggle, broggle, bogle, woggle, noggle, bogale

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Verb

1. (literally or figuratively) to stop or hesitate as if suddenly seeing a bogle.
   • The dogs went on, but the horse boggled at the sudden appearance of the strange beast.
   • The horror of the deed and its consequences boggle the imagination.
2. To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.
   • He boggled at the surprising news.
   • The mind boggles.
3. To confuse or mystify; overwhelm.
   • The vastness of space really boggles the mind.
   • The oddities of quantum mechanics can boggle the minds of students and experienced physicists alike.
4. To embarrass with difficulties; to palter or equivocate; to bungle or botch
5. To dissemble; to play fast and loose (with someone or something).
6. To wiggle the eyes as a result of bruxing.
7. ↑ "Knowledge and practice: or, A plain discourse of the chief things necessary to be known, believ'd, and practised in order to salvation ... The 2d edition revised and inlarged 1665 publisher=William Grantham, Henry Mortlock, and William Miller
8. ↑ “boggle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Noun

1. A scruple or objection.
2. A bungle; a botched situation.

Noun

1. Alternative form of bogle.

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