gog

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noun

Haste; ardent desire to go.

Similar
North Walian
OriginBiblical Hebrew גּוֹג →
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Meanings

gog1

noungog (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableHaste; ardent desire to go.

    Nay, you have put me into such a gog of going, I would not stay for all the world.

    1812 [1639], John Fletcher, “Wit Without Money”, in The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher, page 65

Gog2

proper noun
  1. Gog and Magog, a figure (or two figures) mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in Ezekiel 38 and 39, and variously identified by later writers with Satan or certain hostile nations. (See Revelation 20:8.)
  2. obsoleteReplacement for the word God when swearing, forming vulgar minced oaths originating in the 14th century: by Gog’s wounds, Gog’s bread...

    By gogs bloud my maiſters, we will not put vp this ſo quietly, […]

    1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], →OCLC, Act I

Gog3

nounGog (plural Gogs)

plural Gogs

  1. UKslangSynonym of North Walian: a person from North Wales.

    Synonyms: North Walian

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of North Walian: a person from North Wales.

Similar
North Walian
Also see
north waliansatan

Origin

gog · noun

Likely from agog; it appeared first as on gog. Attested from the 16th to 18th centuries. Compare French gogue (“sprightliness”), and Welsh gogi (“to agitate, shake”).

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Gog · proper noun

  1. Biblical Hebrewגּוֹג
  2. EnglishGog

From Biblical Hebrew גּוֹג (Gōg).

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Gog · noun

  1. WelshGog
  2. EnglishGog

From Welsh Gog.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Ogg
Cite this entry
APA

gog. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gog

MLA

“gog.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gog. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gog,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gog.

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