Crossword clues for boggle
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bogle \Bo"gle\, n. [Scot. and North Eng. bogle, bogill, bugill, specter; as a verb, to terrify, fr. W. bwgwl threatening, fear, bwg, bwgan, specter, hobgoblin. Cf. Bug.] A goblin; a specter; a frightful phantom; a bogy; a bugbear.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590s, "to start with fright (as a startled horse does), shy, take alarm," from Middle English bugge "specter" (among other things, supposed to scare horses at night); see bug (n.); also compare bogey (n.1). The meaning "to raise scruples, hesitate" is from 1630s. As a noun from 1650s. Related: Boggled; boggling; boggler (from c.1600 as "one who hesitates").
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused. 2 (context transitive English) To confuse or mystify; overwhelm. 3 (context US dialect English) To embarrass with difficulty; to bungle or botch. 4 (context intransitive obsolete English) To play fast and loose; to dissemble.
WordNet
v. startle with amazement or fear
hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or fear
overcome with amazement; "This boggles the mind!" [syn: flabbergast, bowl over]
Wikipedia
Boggle can refer to:
- Boggle, a word game
- Bogle, boggle or bogill, a Northumbrian and Scots term for a ghost or folkloric being
- Boggart, a creature in English folklore
- Boggle (game show), an interactive game show hosted by Wink Martindale that aired on The Family Channel in 1994
Boggle is an American game show that was broadcast on The Family Channel from March 7 to November 18, 1994. It was based on the board game of the same name. Wink Martindale was the host, and Randy West was the announcer.
Wink Martindale and Bill Hillier created and produced four "interactive" games for FAM, Boggle being one of them. The other three were Trivial Pursuit, Shuffle, and Jumble. Wink hosted all four. Randy West was the announcer for all four of these shows as well.
Boggle had its premiere on the same day as Shuffle. The two shows shared the same theme song and sound effects - the two even used the same set; after taping on Boggle was finished, the set pieces were redone and rearranged to make Shuffle's set. The set pieces would be re-done a third time for Jumble.
A pilot episode for Boggle was filmed in 1987 and was hosted by Bill Rafferty, but it did not sell. The pilot episode was conducted under different rules.
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the boggle is a type of monstrous humanoid creature.
Usage examples of "boggle".
He knew the power of boggle, a thoroughly overpowering drink, though not from any firsthand experience.
Perhaps it was the boggle, perhaps the mere fact that for so long he had been forced to hide his identity and his exploits.
Joellus said, catching on and grinning widely, his misshapen, grayish teeth sporting blue stains from the mixture of boggle and juice in his glass.
And all that time the noblemen and noblewomen sat here comfortably, sipping their wine and boggle, worrying more about fine clothes than a poor old widow who was about to be executed by the terrible powries in Caer Tinella, fighting with their quiet insults whispered behind backs rather than with sword and honest wit.
It was sometimes traded through secret channels to humans under the name of boggle, an elvish joke signifying both the bog from which the liquid originally came, and from the state of mind it readily produced in the humans.
Palmaris, as was his love of the wineelvish boggle, some saidhis penchant for games of chanceamong friends onlyand his love of officiating a grand wedding where no expenses had been spared.
The soldier pulled a chair from a side table, while Markwart retrieved a bottle of boggle from a cabinet at the side of the room.
The soldier drained his glass and reached for the bottle, but Markwart, his expression changing dramatically to one of outrage, pulled the boggle away.
Markwart, his expression changing dramatically to one of outrage, pulled the boggle away.
It was only when she was preparing for bed that she remembered the Boggles with a sinking heart.
She found the Boggles in the tea-room beside an empty coffee-pot and plates covered in cake crumbs.
The Boggles belonged to that generation which still took dinner in the middle of the day.
The idea of a short break from the Boggles while she got the car prompted Agatha to accept her orders docilely.
What still boggled the mind, of course, was why he had torn down his former home for this one.
Why she had attached herself to a ruthless and arrogant playboy with as bad an attitude as Sean Michael boggled the mind.