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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bog1 /bɑg, bɔg/USA pronunciation n., v., bogged, bog•ging. n. [countable] - an area of wet, spongy ground.
v. - bog down, to sink in or as if in a bog: [no object][The truck bogged down in the snow.][~ + object + down]The slow computer bogged us down.
bog•gy, adj., -gi•er, -gi•est. bog2 /bɑg, bɔg/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- British TermsUsually, bogs. [plural] Brit. Slang. a lavatory;
bathroom.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bog1 (bog, bôg),USA pronunciation n., v., bogged, bog•ging. n. - wet, spongy ground with soil composed mainly of decayed vegetable matter.
- an area or stretch of such ground.
v.t., v.i. - to sink in or as if in a bog (often fol. by down):We were bogged down by overwork.
- British Terms bog in, [Australian Slang.]to eat heartily and ravenously.
- Irish or Scots Gaelic bogach soft ground (bog soft + -ach noun, nominal suffix); (def. 4) perh. a different word
- 1495–1505
- British Termsa lavatory;
bathroom.
- 1780–90; probably shortening of bog-house; compare bog to defecate, boggard (16th century) privy, of obscure origin, originally
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bog /bɒɡ/ n - wet spongy ground consisting of decomposing vegetation, which ultimately forms peat
- an area of such ground
- a slang word for lavatory
Etymology: 13th Century: from Gaelic bogach swamp, from bog softˈboggy adj ˈbogginess n |