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Bogle

//ˈbɒɡ.əl// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A goblin, imp, bogeyman, bugbear or similar a frightful being or phantom. Scotland, UK, especially

    "For ilka place I ha'e is already fu', But ae big room-'deed frien', I needna lie t'yne An' that has long been haunted by a bogle"

  2. 2
    A scarecrow. dated, dialectal
  3. 3
    A Jamaican dance move that involves raising and lowering the arms while moving the body in a waving motion.

    "At the turn of the Nineties, the footballer Ian Wright would often celebrate his goals by running to the corner flag, and doing a ‘bogling’ move—the ‘bogle’ was a ragamuffin reggae dance then popular in the black community."

Verb
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of boggle. alt-of, obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

Uncertain; possibly cognate with English bug, or derived from Welsh bwgwly (“to terrify”).

Etymology 2

Uncertain; possibly cognate with English bug, or derived from Welsh bwgwly (“to terrify”).

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