bogle

plural bogles · alternative boggle

1. ScotlandUKespeciallyA goblin, imp, bogeyman, bugbear or similar a frightful being or phantom.

   For ilka place I ha'e is already fu', But ae big room-'deed frien', I needna lie t'yne An' that has long been haunted by a bogle

   1820, Gibby and the ghaist

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   “Montgomery,” said I, “what was that thing that came after me? Was it a beast or was it a man?” “If you don’t sleep to-night,” he said, “you’ll be off your head to-morrow.” I stood up in front of him. “What was that thing that came after me?” I asked. He looked me squarely in the eyes, and twisted his mouth askew. His eyes, which had seemed animated a minute before, went dull. “From your account,” said he, “I’m thinking it was a bogle.” I felt a gust of intense irritation, which passed as quickly as it came. I flung myself into the chair again, and pressed my hands on my forehead. The puma began once more.

   1896, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau (Heinemann’s Colonial Library of Popular Fiction; 52), London: William Heinemann, →OCLC; republished as The Island of Doctor Moreau: A Possibility, New York, N.Y.: Stone & Kimball, 1896, →OCLC

2. dateddialectalA scarecrow.
3. danceA Jamaican dance move that involves raising and lowering the arms while moving the body in a waving motion.

   In Jamaica, there's a constant stream of new moves, corresponding to big club tunes. Dancers race to put videos online in the hope of starting the next bogle, dutty wine or hot wuk sensation.

   2013 July 6, Kate Hutchinson, “It's summer, let's dance!”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

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   At the turn of the Nineties, the footballer Ian Wright would often celebrate his goals by running to the corner flag, and doing a ‘bogling’ move—the ‘bogle’ was a ragamuffin reggae dance then popular in the black community.

   2001 November 25, Diran Adebayo, “Young, gifted, black…and very confused”, in The Observer, →ISSN

present singular third person bogles · participle present bogling · participle past bogled · past bogled

1. obsoleteObsolete form of boggle.

plural Bogles

1. A surname.