coggle

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verb

To move or walk unsteadily

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Meanings

coggle1

verbcoggle (third-person singular simple present coggles, present participle coggling, simple past and past participle coggled)

present singular third person coggles · participle present coggling · participle past coggled · past coggled

  1. To move or walk unsteadily

coggle2

nouncoggle (plural coggles)

plural coggles

  1. A small fishing boat.

coggle3

nouncoggle (plural coggles)

plural coggles

  1. cobble (all senses)

Synonyms & antonyms

verbwalk unsteadily, with short steps

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toddletotterdodderpaddlewaddle
Broader
walk

verbmove unsteadily

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wobble
Broader
move
Also see
dodderpaddletoddletotterwaddlewobble

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

coggle · verb

Origin obscure. Perhaps from cog (“small boat”) + -le (frequentative suffix), in reference to the rocking or swaying motion of the sea; or perhaps an alteration of cockle (“to move up and down”).

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coggle · noun

See cog (“small boat”).

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coggle · noun

From cock (“a roundish heap”) + -le (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Swedish koka (“a lump of earth”). Compare also Dutch kogel, German Kugel (“ball”).

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Cite this entry
APA

coggle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coggle

MLA

“coggle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coggle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coggle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coggle.

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