Boggle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To hesitate as if in fear or doubt.
  • verb-intransitive. To shy away or be overcome with fright or astonishment: "The mind now boggling at all the numbers on the table, both sides agreed to a recess of an hour” ( Henry A. Kissinger).
  • verb-intransitive. To act ineptly or inefficiently; bungle.
  • v. To cause to be overcome, as with fright or astonishment.
  • v. To botch; bungle.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.
  • v. To confuse or mystify; overwhelm.
  • v. To embarrass with difficulties; to bungle or botch.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To stop or hesitate as if suddenly frightened, or in doubt, or impeded by unforeseen difficulties; to take alarm; to exhibit hesitancy and indecision.
  • verb-intransitive. To do anything awkwardly or unskillfully.
  • verb-intransitive. To play fast and loose; to dissemble.
  • v. To embarrass with difficulties; to make a bungle or botch of.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A dialectal form of bogle.
  • To take alarm; start with fright; shy, as a horse.
  • To hesitate; stop, as if afraid to proceed, or as if impeded by unforeseen difficulties; waver; shrink.
  • To play fast and loose; dissemble; quibble; equivocate.
  • To bungle; be awkward; make clumsy attempts.
  • n. The act of shying or taking alarm.
  • n. Objection; scruple; demur.
  • n. A bungle; a botch.
  • n. A pitcher or jug wrought in the figure of a man, not unlike a toby or toby-pitcher.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. overcome with amazement
  • v. startle with amazement or fear
  • v. hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or fear
  • Verb Form
    boggled    boggles    boggling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    surprise    start    jump    startle    hesitate    waver    waffle   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hesitate    doubt    stickle    shrink    demur    dissemble    shy    object    bungle    bogy   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    boondoggle    goggle    noggle    toggle   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    green-covered    likethat    babblement    limmer    book    forefinger    callant    peninsular    biddy    to-neet