Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A hobgoblin; a bogey.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A phantom; a specter; a hobgoblin; a bogy; a bugbear.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A goblin; a specter; a frightful phantom; a bogy; a bugbear.
Etymologies
- Scots bogill, perhaps ultimately from Welsh bwg, ghost, hobgoblin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The doctor, who had gathered the story of the 'bogle' from Catherine, to whom”
“And on her way back she had seen the ghost or 'bogle' of Deep Crag; the ghost had spoken to her, and she had reached home more dead than alive, having received what she at once recognized as her death sentence.”
“The doctor, who had gathered the story of the 'bogle' from Catherine, to whom Jim had told it, briefly and reluctantly, and with an absolute reservation of his own views on the matter, recommended that if possible they should try and deceive her as to the date of the day and month.”
“And on her way back she had seen the ghost or 'bogle' of Deep Crag; the ghost had spoken to her, and she had reached home more dead than alive, having received what she at once recognised as her death sentence.”
“I dinna gie a proper sorting to yon twa silly jauds that gard me mak a bogle of you, and a fule of mysell — Ghaists! my certie, I sall ghaist them — If they had their heads as muckle on their wark as on their daffing, they wad play nae sic pliskies — it’s the wanton steed that scaurs at the windle-strae — Ghaists! wha e’er heard of ghaists in an honest house?”
“I suggested calling her type of angry rant a "bogle" in her honour.”
“I tried bogle merlot the other day and it was so oaky I spit is out.”
Fred Franzia and American wine under $10 | Dr Vino's wine blog
“Their world has random outbreak of malice what the farmers call blight bogle.”
The Sharing Knife, Volume one, Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold
“The careful tailoring only made her look queerly skinny, not so much a boy as some tattie bogle set out in old clothes to scare the crows.”
“Do you remember how you were perpetually telling me to take care of the bogle, and keep away from its haunts? —”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bogle’.
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The Devil and His Imps
Names of 'the Devil himself, the devils his "flaming ministers", household goblins, rural demons, bogles, sprites, and fairies of all kinds' mentioned in Charles P.G. Scott's 'The Devil and His Imp...
devil, devilet, deviling, dablet, black angel, black man, black bear, black bull, black dog, bogle, bogie, boggard and 128 more...
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Fictional beasties
elf, gnome, dwarf, sprite, troll, fairy, nymph, imp, brownie, sasquatch, yeti, wookiee and 574 more...
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mix-breeds, mutts, and mongrels
This is a partial listing of dogs actually published by the American Canine Hybrid Club.
lab'aire, rottaf, affenchon, alusky, bulloxer, olde bulldog, american bull-jack, spanador, baskimo, american eagle dog, bichomo, eskifon and 121 more...
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Rogue's Words for bonnie lads n lassies
tinchel, glen, sassenach, guddle, brae, bonnie, eejit, deerhound, hoonds, lassie, laddie, heiland and 188 more...
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Monster Blood Tattoo
foundling, wastrel, foundlingery, harundo, cudgel-master, culix, sustis, birchet, dispensurist, potive, vinegaroon, book child and 23 more...
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Speak of the Devil
Different names for Old Boy, and other demons that might possess us.
vetala, mara, Lilith, dybbuk, incubus, succubus, bogle, boggart, wendigo, Asmodeus, diabolus, Belial and 45 more...
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tsherel's Words
yardie, mandeville, manchester, bogle, masai, gist, wiki, linux, pilonidal, adenoid, nerd, loser and 30 more...
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