flabbergast, boggle, bowl over
(verb) overcome with amazement; “This boggles the mind!”
boggle
(verb) startle with amazement or fear
boggle
(verb) hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or fear
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Variation or derivation of bogle, possibly cognate with bug
boggle (third-person singular simple present boggles, present participle boggling, simple past and past participle boggled)
(transitive or intransitive) Either literally or figuratively to stop or hesitate as if suddenly seeing a bogle.
(intransitive) To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.
(transitive) To confuse or mystify; overwhelm.
(US, dialect) To embarrass with difficulties; to palter or equivocate; to bungle or botch.
(intransitive, obsolete) To dissemble; to play fast and loose (with someone or something).
boggle (plural boggles)
(dated) A scruple or objection.
(dated) A bungle; a botched situation.
boggle (plural boggles)
Alternative form of bogle
Source: Wiktionary
Bog"gle, v. i. [imp & p. p. Boggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Boggling.] Etym: [ See Bogle, n.]
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. Glanvill. Boggling at nothing which serveth their purpose. Barrow.
2. To do anything awkwardly or unskillfully.
3. To play fast and loose; to dissemble. Howell.
Syn.
– To doubt; hesitate; shrink; stickle; demur.
Bog"gle, v. t.
Definition: To embarrass with difficulties; to make a bungle or botch of. [Local, U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 February 2025
(adjective) possessed by inordinate excitement; “the crowd went crazy”; “was crazy to try his new bicycle”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
