BOGGLE


Meaning of BOGGLE in English

/ ˈbɒgl; NAmE ˈbɔːgl/ verb

[ v ] boggle (at sth) ( informal ) to be slow to do or accept sth because you are surprised or shocked by it :

Even I boggle at the idea of spending so much money.

IDIOMS

- sth boggles the mind

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WORD ORIGIN

late 16th cent.: probably of dialect origin and related to bogle, a phantom or goblin and bogey thing that causes fear .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.