Stog

//stɒɡ// verb

verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To bog down; to cause to be stuck in mud. dated

    "If any of his party are mad, they'll try it, and be stogged till the day of judgment. There are bogs..twenty feet deep."

  2. 2
    To smoke a cigarette. California, dialectal
  3. 3
    To walk with a heavy or clumsy gait; to plod. intransitive, obsolete
  4. 4
    To stab; to probe; to thrust Scotland, dialectal

    "He studied the cold gray rips in the current and dismounted and loosed the girthstraps and undressed and stogged his boots in the legs of his trousers as he'd done before in that long ago […]"

  5. 5
    To probe a pool with a pole. UK, dialectal

Synonyms

All synonyms
chefchibchingchiveenthrillfoin

Example

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"If any of his party are mad, they'll try it, and be stogged till the day of judgment. There are bogs..twenty feet deep."

Etymology

Early 19th century, perhaps of expressive origin and influenced by stick and bog. Compare stodge.

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