Croggle
verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 To shock so much as to cause brief paralysis; to stun; to startle. dated, slang, transitive
"CROGGLE (Grennell) Roughly meaning shocked into momentary physical or mental paralysis; a portmanteau-word, apparently, combining "crushed" and "goggled", and usually passive or reflexive in application."
- 2 To be shocked or stunned in this fashion. dated, intransitive, slang
"Other than croggle at its naïveté, I'm not sure how to respond to this. Making source code public does not increase the number of vulnerabilities, only the awareness of them by the general public."
Example
More examples"CROGGLE (Grennell) Roughly meaning shocked into momentary physical or mental paralysis; a portmanteau-word, apparently, combining "crushed" and "goggled", and usually passive or reflexive in application."
Etymology
Blend of crush + goggle, or blend of crush + boggle. Coined by Dean Grennell.
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