misguggle

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/mɪsˈɡʌɡəl/

verb

To spoil by rough or careless handling; handle roughly; rumple; crumple; maul; mangle or disfigure; mar; spoil; bungle.

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Meanings

verbmisguggle (third-person singular simple present misguggles, present participle misguggling, simple past and past participle misguggled)

present singular third person misguggles · participle present misguggling · participle past misguggled · past misguggled · alternative misgruggle · alternative misgoggle · alternative misgrugle · alternative misgaggle · alternative misgoogle

  1. archaictransitiveTo spoil by rough or careless handling; handle roughly; rumple; crumple; maul; mangle or disfigure; mar; spoil; bungle.

Origin

From a conflation of mis- + guggle (“to soil, dirty”) and mis- + Scots gruggle (“to disorder, rumple”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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