Bogle
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbɒɡ.əl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bogle is a noun meaning (UK, especially Scotland) A goblin, imp, bogeyman, bugbear or similar a frightful being or phantom.
Meaning
(UK, especially Scotland) A goblin, imp, bogeyman, bugbear or similar a frightful being or phantom.
More Meanings
- (dance) A Jamaican dance move that involves raising and lowering the arms while moving the body in a waving motion.
- Obsolete form of boggle.
- (dialectal, dated) A scarecrow.
Example Sentences
For ilka place I ha'e is already fu', But ae big room-'deed frien', I needna lie t'yne An' that has long been haunted by a bogle
In Jamaica, there's a constant stream of new moves, corresponding to big club tunes. Dancers race to put videos online in the hope of starting the next bogle, dutty wine or hot wuk sensation.
At the turn of the Nineties, the footballer Ian Wright would often celebrate his goals by running to the corner flag, and doing a ‘bogling’ move—the ‘bogle’ was a ragamuffin reggae dance then popular in the black community.
Word Forms
- bogles
- boggle
- bogling
- bogled
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include wark, boggle, boggard, boggart, boggleboe, bogglebo.
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