Boggle

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  • intransitive verb. To hesitate as if in fear or doubt.
  • intransitive verb. To shy away or be overcome with fright or astonishment.
  • intransitive verb. To act ineptly or inefficiently; bungle.
  • intransitive verb. To cause to be overcome, as with fright or astonishment.
  • intransitive verb. To botch; bungle.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A dialectal form of bogle.
  • To take alarm; start with fright; shy, as a horse.
  • To hesitate; stop, as if afraid to proceed, or as if impeded by unforeseen difficulties; waver; shrink.
  • To play fast and loose; dissemble; quibble; equivocate.
  • To bungle; be awkward; make clumsy attempts.
  • noun. A pitcher or jug wrought in the figure of a man, not unlike a toby or toby-pitcher.
  • noun. The act of shying or taking alarm.
  • noun. Objection; scruple; demur.
  • noun. A bungle; a botch.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To embarrass with difficulties; to make a bungle or botch of.
  • intransitive verb. To stop or hesitate as if suddenly frightened, or in doubt, or impeded by unforeseen difficulties; to take alarm; to exhibit hesitancy and indecision.
  • intransitive verb. To do anything awkwardly or unskillfully.
  • intransitive verb. To play fast and loose; to dissemble.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.
  • verb. To confuse or mystify; overwhelm.
  • verb. To embarrass with difficulties; to bungle or botch.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. overcome with amazement
  • verb. startle with amazement or fear
  • verb. hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or fear
  • Word Usage
    "(How long before all the boggle is used up, I start to wonder.)"
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    hesitate  jump  start  startle  surprise  
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    ITA  babblement  biddy  bluish-grey  book  
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