bog·gle

(bŏg′əl)

v. bog·gled, bog·gling, bog·gles

v.intr.

1. To hesitate as if in fear or doubt.

2. To shy away or be overcome with fright or astonishment: "The mind now boggling at all the numbers on the table, both sides agreed to a recess of an hour" (Henry A. Kissinger).

3. To act ineptly or inefficiently; bungle.

v.tr.

1. To cause to be overcome, as with fright or astonishment.

2. To botch; bungle.

[Probably from boggle, dialectal variant of bogle.]

bog′gle n.

bog′gler n.

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boggler

(ˈbɒɡələ)

a person who boggles, or a thing which causes one to boggle

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