bogle – English noun declension

English noun forms of bogle

Noun: bogle
Singularbogle
Pluralbogles

Sample 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 [1820, Gibby and the ghaist:]
  • “Montgomery,” said I, “what was that thing that came after me? Was it a beast or was it a man?”
  • “If you don’t sleep to-night,” he said, “you’ll be off your head to-morrow.”
  • I stood up in front of him. “What was that thing that came after me?” I asked.
  • He looked me squarely in the eyes, and twisted his mouth askew. His eyes, which had seemed animated a minute before, went dull. “From your account,” said he, “I’m thinking it was a bogle.”
  • I felt a gust of intense irritation, which passed as quickly as it came. I flung myself into the chair again, and pressed my hands on my forehead. The puma began once more. [1896, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau (Heinemann’s Colonial Library of Popular Fiction; 52), London: William Heinemann, →OCLC; republished as The Island of Doctor Moreau: A Possibility, New York, N.Y.: Stone & Kimball, 1896, →OCLC:]
  • 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. [2001 November 25, Diran Adebayo, “Young, gifted, black…and very confused”, in The Observer, →ISSN:]
  • 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. [2013 July 6, Kate Hutchinson, “It's summer, let's dance!”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:]

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly cognate with English bug, or derived from Welsh bwgwly (“to terrify”). See: English Nouns 'bug'.