ogle

[oh-guhl]

verb (used with object)

ogled, ogling 

1. to look at amorously, flirtatiously, or impertinently.

2. to eye; look or stare at.

verb (used without object)

ogled, ogling 

1. to look amorously, flirtatiously, or impertinently.

2. to look or stare.

noun

1. an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.

ogle

/ ˈəʊɡəl /

verb

1. to look at (someone) amorously or lustfully

2. (tr) to stare or gape at

noun

1. a flirtatious or lewd look

Other Word Forms

• ogler noun
• unogled adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of ogle¹

1670–80; apparently < Dutch, frequentative ( -le ) of oogen to make eyes at, derivative of oog eye (compare Low German oegeln, German äugeln )

Word History and Origins

Origin of ogle¹

C17: probably from Low German oegeln, from oegen to look at

Example Sentences

A dirty secret about pageants is that behind the smiles and the ogling, a great part of their fuel is female ambition.

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The Emcee’s funhouse reflection signifies not only how straight culture ogles the novelty of a newly surfaced queer society in Weimar Berlin but also how that queer community ogles at the novelty of itself.

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"I went there being faithful to food, not to be eyed up and ogled, it just felt that was very uncomfortable for me," she said.

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She said he ogled her chest like a "kid in a sweetshop" before putting his foot inside her front door to prevent it being closed and grabbing her breast.

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But instead of ogling violence to exploit its evil and nauseate the audience, Lynch calls attention to the systems that propagate it.

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Related Words

• eyeball 
• gawk