n. & v.
--n.
1. a wet spongy ground. b a stretch of such ground.
2 Brit. sl. a lavatory.
--v.tr. (bogged, bogging) (foll. by down; usu. in passive) impede (was bogged down by difficulties).
Phrases and idioms:
bog-bean BUCKBEAN. bog myrtle a deciduous shrub, Myrica gale, which grows in damp open places and has short upright catkins and aromatic grey-green leaves: also called sweet-gale (see GALE(2)). bog oak an ancient oak which has been preserved in a black state in peat. bog spavin see SPAVIN. bog-trotter sl. derog. an Irishman.
Derivatives:
boggy adj. (boggier, boggiest). bogginess n.
Etymology: Ir. or Gael. bogach f. bog soft