bogle

American  

[boh-guhl, bog-uhl] / ˈboʊ gəl, ˈbɒg əl /

Also boggle

noun

1. a bogy; specter.

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bogle ¹ British  

/ ˈbəʊɡəl, ˈbɒɡ- /

noun

1. a dialect or archaic word for bogey 1

2. a scarecrow

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bogle ² British  

/ ˈbəʊɡəl /

noun

1. a rhythmic dance, originating in the early 1990s, performed to ragga music

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verb

1. (intr) to perform such a dance

Etymology

Origin of bogle

1495–1505; bog (variant of bug ² “bugbear, hobgoblin”) + -le

Example Sentences

“Castle Craig,” this bogle of a railway employee repeated laconically.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

He may be a ghost, or a bogle, or a wraith," she said; "or he may only be a harmless Brownie.

From Tales From Scottish Ballads by Stewart, Allan

For though, whaure’er yoursel’ may be, We’ve just to turn an’ glisk a wee, An’ Rab at heel we’re sh�re to see Wi’ gladsome caper:— The bogle of a bogle, he— A ghaist o’ paper!

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

I’m no bogle, but you’d better not ask what I am.

From Bluebeard by Johnson, Clifton

But what most of them felt was perhaps rather broadly expressed by Maitland when he called religion 'a bogle of the nursery.'

From Short Studies on Great Subjects by Froude, James Anthony