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• boggle — boggle, boggling verb. Boggle, originally used of frightened horses, is used with and without an object: the mind can boggle at something and something can boggle the mind (or the imagination etc.). The expression mind boggling, first recorded in …   Modern English usage

• boggle — [bäg′əl] vi. boggled, boggling [< Scot bogle, specter; prob. < ME bugge, specter (as in BUGBEAR); now assoc. with BUNGLE] 1. to be startled or frightened (at); shy away 2. to hesitate (at); have scruples 3. to be or become confused or… …   English World dictionary

• boggle — UK [ˈbɒɡ(ə)l] / US [ˈbɑɡ(ə)l] verb Word forms boggle : present tense I/you/we/they boggle he/she/it boggles present participle boggling past tense boggled past participle boggled 1) [intransitive/transitive] if the mind boggles, or if something… …   English dictionary

• boggle — bog|gle [ bagl ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive if the mind boggles, or something boggles the mind, you cannot imagine it because it is too strange, unpleasant, or confusing: To think that now the company is worth more than $1.3 billion… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• boggle — bog|gle [ˈbɔgəl US ˈba: ] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from bogle; BOGEY] the/your mind boggles also sth makes the/your mind boggle also sth boggles the/your mind informal if your mind boggles when you think of something, it is difficult… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• boggle — verb 1 the mind/imagination boggles informal if your mind etc boggles when you think of something, it is difficult for you to imagine or accept it: Did you know Keith s a father now? Good God, no, the mind boggles. (+ at): My mind boggles at the… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• boggle — [[t]bɒ̱g(ə)l[/t]] boggles, boggling, boggled V ERG If you say that the mind boggles at something, you mean that it is so strange or amazing that it is difficult to imagine or understand. → See also mind boggling [V at n] The mind boggles at the… …   English dictionary

• boggle — [ˈbɒg(ə)l] verb [I/T] if your mind boggles, or if something boggles your mind, you cannot imagine or understand it …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• boggling — boggle, boggling verb. Boggle, originally used of frightened horses, is used with and without an object: the mind can boggle at something and something can boggle the mind (or the imagination etc.). The expression mind boggling, first recorded in …   Modern English usage

• demur — vb Demur, scruple, balk, jib, shy, boggle, stick, stickle, strain are comparable when they mean to hesitate or show reluctance because of difficulties in the way. One demurs to or at something when one raises objections to it, casts doubt upon it …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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