boggling

Variant of boggle

boggle definition

bog·gle (bäg′əl)

intransitive verb boggled -·gled, boggling -·gling

  1. to be startled or frightened (at); shy away
  2. to hesitate (at); have scruples
  3. to be or become confused or overwhelmed as by something very difficult, surprising, vast, etc.

Etymology: < Scot bogle, specter; prob. < ME bugge, specter (as in bugbear); now assoc. with bungle

transitive verb

  1. to bungle or botch
  2. ☆ to confuse or overwhelm (the mind, imagination, etc.)

noun

an act or instance of boggling

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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