boggle

WOTD - 24 June 2009    

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈbɒɡ.əl/
• (US) IPA: /ˈbɑ.ɡəl/
• Rhymes: -ɒɡəl

Verb

boggle (third-person singular simple present boggles, present participle boggling, simple past and past participle boggled)

1. (intransitive) To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.

   He boggled at the surprising news.

2. (transitive) To confuse or mystify; overwhelm.

   The vastness of space really boggles the mind.

   The oddities of quantum mechanics can boggle the minds of students and experienced physicists alike.

Derived terms

• mindboggling

Translations

to be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused

Bulgarian: стряскам се (bg), плаша се (bg) Catalan: confondre's (ca), estar confós (ca) Czech: být (cs) zmaten (cs) Finnish: tyrmistyttää (fi), kummastuttaa (fi)

Russian: пугаться, поражаться Scottish Gaelic: clisg (gd)

to confuse or mystify; overwhelm

Bulgarian: стряскам (bg), плаша (bg) Czech: zmást (cs) Finnish: tyrmistyttää (fi), kummastuttaa (fi)

Russian: поражать, изумлять Scottish Gaelic: breislich (gd)