Meaning

2 senses

  1. An impertinent, flirtatious, amorous or covetous stare.

    коке́тливый взглядkokétlivyj vzgljad

  2. (Polari, usually plural)An eye.

Examples

5 sentences

  1. All the workmen ogled Mary as she walked by.

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  2. He ogled a girl outside a pub.

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  3. I saw you ogling women on the beach as they passed by.

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  4. Are you ogling me?

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  5. A second look may be flattering; after that, things go downhill: first to staring, then to ogling, finally to frankly leering.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
an impertinent, flirtatious, amorous or covetous stare:

Origin

17th century. Probably from Low German ögeln (“to ogle, to flirt with one's eyes”), from M

17th century. Probably from Low German ögeln (“to ogle, to flirt with one's eyes”), from Middle Low German ö̂gelen, frequentative of Middle Low German ö̂gen, from Old Saxon ōgian, from Proto-West Germanic *augijan (“to show”). Alternatively from an equivalent Dutch *ogelen, but this seems unattested (only the simplex ogen). By surface analysis, eye + -le.

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Forms

plural: ogles

Word family

4 related words
Relatedleer
Derivedogle-inogle fakeogle fakes

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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