Definition of coggly in English:
coggly
adjectivecoggliest, cogglier ˈkɒɡ(ə)li
dialect Unsteady or shaky.
she sat cocked to one side in a coggly canoe
Example sentencesExamples
- You embark in the coggly canoe a considerably poorer man than when you left camp in the morning.
- You'll have to suffer on a coggly chair or a sofa that's lost its springs.
- The road was coggly with loose stones.
- We guffawed when he lost his footing among the coggly stones.
- I'd as soon put my weight on a coggly chair; a coggly chair can be mended.
Origin
Early 19th cent: from dialect coggle 'shake from side to side; be unsteady; wobble' + -y1; related to cobble1.