boggles English
Verb
(head)
(boggle)
boggle English
Verb
( boggl)
To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.
- He boggled at the surprising news.
- The mind boggles .
* Barrow
- Boggling at nothing which serveth their purpose.
* Glanvill
- We start and boggle at every unusual appearance.
To confuse or mystify; overwhelm.
- The vastness of space really boggles the mind.
- The oddities of quantum mechanics can boggle the minds of students and experienced physicists alike.
(US, dialect) To embarrass with difficulties; to bungle or botch.
(obsolete) To play fast and loose; to dissemble.
- (Howell)
Derived terms
* mindboggling
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bogles English
Noun
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