ogle-in

noun

A feminist form of protest in which a crowd of women would jeer at men seen as looking lecherously at women in public.

Meanings

nounogle-in (plural ogle-ins)

plural ogle-ins

  1. datedhistoricalA feminist form of protest in which a crowd of women would jeer at men seen as looking lecherously at women in public.

Origin

From ogle + -in, modeled after sit-in (“form of peaceful protest”).

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

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

Chicago

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

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