The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bog \Bog\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bogged; p. pr. & vb. n. Bogging.] To sink, as into a bog; to submerge in a bog; to cause to sink and stick, as in mud and mire.
At another time, he was bogged up to the middle in the
slough of Lochend.
--Sir W.
Scott.
Wiktionary
(context Scotland coarse slang English) stinking. v
(present participle of bog English)
Usage examples of "bogging".
I told him, that as he worked so hard at bogging, he required thick boots and stout clothing, which yet were soon soiled and worn out, but I wore light shoes and thin clothing, which cost not half so much, though he might think that I was dressed like a gentleman (which, however, was not the case), and in an hour or two, without labor, but as a recreation, I could, if I wished, catch as many fish as I should want for two days, or earn enough money to support me a week.
The roads are bad and machinery is bogging down, We will be forced to use More men.
My worst trouble is to get enough illustrative action into the story and to keep it from bogging down into endless talky-talk.
How can all this be converted into a certain amount of cops-and-robbers and boy-meets-girl without bogging down into nothing but philosophical speculation?
Only a driver as able as Sergeant Tranter would've kept from bogging or simply sinking out of sight in this soft spot, and there were bloody few drivers that good.
Fencing Master mounted the berm at a slant, wallowing but never bogging.
Then the next day they sit down, finish the sentence, and they are off and writing without that dreaded starting inertia bogging them down.
And not bogging down, evidencing the power of its engine… again, not at all astonishing: if the moon-folk could catch the winds of the ether and ride enormous sails down to earth, they were formidable engineers.