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
25 April 2025
(adjective) used in combination to denote the middle; “midmorning”; “midsummer”; “in mid-1958”; “a mid-June wedding”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
