Meaning

1 senses
  1. (obsolete)Bold; boastful; proud.

Examples

25 sentences
  1. Our evidence is no more than a tiny sliver of solid knowledge amidst the vast bog of doubts and speculations.

    Наші факти - не більше ніж крихітна скалка міцного знання у розлогому багні сумлівів та спекуляцій. — shanghainese

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  2. He got bogged down at work.

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  3. The talks have become bogged down.

    deDie Verhandlungen haben sich festgefahren. — Yorwba

  4. The mud bogged down the truck.

  5. Algeria is bogged down with problems.

Origin

Uncertain, although possibly related to bug in its original senses of "big" and "puffed up

Uncertain, although possibly related to bug in its original senses of "big" and "puffed up".

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Forms

bogger, boggest
Comparativebogger Lesson
Superlativeboggest Lesson

regular

Word family

1 related words
Derivedboggish

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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