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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024boon•dog•gle /ˈbunˌdɑgəl, -ˌdɔgəl/USA pronunciation n., v., -gled, -gling. n. [countable] - work of no real value done to look busy, esp. a government project.
v. - to deceive or attempt to deceive:[~ + object]We were all boondoggled by his fast talk.
- [no object] to do work of little value merely to keep or look busy.
boon•dog•gler, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024boon•dog•gle (bo̅o̅n′dog′əl, -dô′gəl),USA pronunciation n., v., -gled, -gling. n. - a product of simple manual skill, as a plaited leather cord for the neck or a knife sheath, made typically by a camper or a scout.
- work of little or no value done merely to keep or look busy.
- a project funded by the federal government out of political favoritism that is of no real value to the community or the nation.
v.t. - to deceive or attempt to deceive:to boondoggle investors into a low-interest scheme.
v.i. - to do work of little or no practical value merely to keep or look busy.
- said to have been coined by R. H. Link, American scoutmaster, as name for def. 1 1930–35, American.
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