verb · intransitive · rare

puggle

pug·gle

puggle · puggles · puggled · puggling

To coax from a burrow by poking a stick down the hole and moving it aboutTo coax (a rabbit) from a burrow by poking a stick down the hole and moving it about; to delve into a hole in order to locate an animal.

/ˈpʌɡl̩/

Meaning

2 senses

(UK, regional)To coax (a rabbit) from a burrow by poking a stick down the hole and moving it about; to delve into a hole in order to locate an animal.
(UK, regional)To poke around a hole with a stick, as to explore, remove obstacles, etc.

Origin

British dialect (Hertfordshire, Essex), from pug (“to poke”) + -le (“frequentative suffix”

British dialect (Hertfordshire, Essex), from pug (“to poke”) + -le (“frequentative suffix”).

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

puggles, puggling, puggled, puggled

Base form	puggle · to puggle
3rd person singular	puggles
Present participle	puggling
Past simple	puggled
Past participle	puggled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	puggle
he, she, it	puggles

Past simpleLesson

all persons

puggled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have puggled
he, she, it	has puggled

Future simple (will)Lesson