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verb
Boggle  v. i.  (past & past part. boggled; pres. part. boggling)  
1.
To stop or hesitate as if suddenly frightened, or in doubt, or impeded by unforeseen difficulties; to take alarm; to exhibit hesitancy and indecision. "We start and boggle at every unusual appearance." "Boggling at nothing which serveth their purpose."
2.
To do anything awkwardly or unskillfully.
3.
To play fast and loose; to dissemble.
Synonyms: To doubt; hesitate; shrink; stickle; demur.






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"Boggle" Quotes from Famous Books



... Countess). Take care you heat his fancy and affections— Possess him with a reverie, and send him, Absent and dreaming, to the banquet; that He may not boggle at the signature. 25 ...
— The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Vol I and II • Samuel Taylor Coleridge

... am led to imagine, that you have formed some new attachment.—If it be so, let me earnestly request you to see me once more, and immediately. This is the only proof I require of the friendship you profess for me. I will then decide, since you boggle about ...
— Posthumous Works - of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman • Mary Wollstonecraft



Words linked to "Boggle" :   bowl over, surprise, startle, flabbergast, start, jump, waver



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