Boggy vs Bogie - What's the difference?
boggy | bogie |
Having the qualities of a bog ; i.e. dank, squishy, muddy, and full of water and rotting vegetation.
(rail, British, Australia, New Zealand, Canada) Structure with axles and wheels under a railway carriage or locomotive, called railroad truck in US English. Also used under semitrailers, and lorries with more than one rear axle.
(Indian English) Railway carriage
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(military) An aircraft of unknown friend/foe status. (compare bandit)
(golf) A score one stroke higher than par on any one hole.
(music) A toy similar to a violin bow, consisting of a wooden stick with notches along one or more sides or edges to produce a rattly noise when kratzed (stroked) against a hard edge, lip of container etc.
A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from the nostril.
(Ulster Scots) .
As an adjective boggy
is having the qualities of a bog ; ie dank, squishy, muddy, and full of water and rotting vegetation.As a noun bogie is
(rail|british|australia|new zealand|canada) structure with axles and wheels under a railway carriage or locomotive, called railroad truck in us english also used under semitrailers, and lorries with more than one rear axle.boggy
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Adjective
(er)- The edge of the woods led out onto a noisome, boggy fen, a paradise for mosquitos and small frogs.
