I. ˈbrōg noun
( -s )
Etymology: origin unknown
Scotland : trick , prank
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: Irish Gaelic & Scottish Gaelic brōg, from Middle Irish brōc, from Old Norse brōk leg covering — more at breech
1. or brogue shoe
a. : a stout coarse shoe made originally of half-dressed or untanned leather fastened with thongs and worn formerly in parts of Ireland and in the Scottish Highlands
b. : a heavy shoe often having a hobnailed sole : brogan
c. : a stout oxford shoe with ornamental foxing and perforations ; especially : one having a wing tip
2. brogues plural , obsolete : trousers , leggings
III. intransitive verb
( brogued ; brogued ; broguing ; brogues )
1. : to walk in brogues
2. chiefly Midland : to go about idly : loaf — used often with around
just broguing around
IV. noun
( -s )
Etymology: perhaps from Irish Gaelic barrōg grip, wrestling hold; from the idea that features of pronunciation noticeably different from one's own must be the result of a physical impediment to the freedom of motion of the speaker's tongue
: a dialectal or regional pronunciation ; especially : an Irish accent
V. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
: to utter with a brogue