ogle

[oh-guh l]

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verb (used with object), o·gled, o·gling.

to look at amorously, flirtatiously, or impertinently.

to eye; look or stare at.

verb (used without object), o·gled, o·gling.

to look amorously, flirtatiously, or impertinently.

to look or stare.

noun

an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.

Origin of ogle

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

Related formso·gler, nounun·o·gled, adjective

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Related Words for ogled

gawk, eyeball, rubberneck, glare, look, eye, fix, goggle, watch, focus, gaze, peer, leer, rivet

Examples from the Web for ogled

Contemporary Examples of ogled

The whole point of being a pageant queen is to trot around in your bikini to be ogled at while feigning sexual naiveté.
Miss America Hypocrisy: The Vanessa Williams Nude Photo Shaming
Amanda Marcotte
July 23, 2014
In fact, she provided one set of the legs Sid Caesar had ogled in that sketch.
The Nice Thing About Larry Hagman
Megan McArdle
November 27, 2012

Historical Examples of ogled

Here are the keys to that daffodil-hued tri-phibian you ogled at Sporter's exhibit.
Zero Data
Charles Saphro
All this because he had ogled a pretty manola at a bull-fight.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847
Various
It was that of the officer who on the day of San Juan had ogled her so rudely.
The White Chief
Mayne Reid
Annapla emerged from her trance, and ogled him with an amusing admiration.
Doom Castle
Neil Munro
The disk shot down the groove, wobbled a while, ceased and ogled them: six.
Ulysses
James Joyce

British Dictionary definitions for ogled

ogle

verb

to look at (someone) amorously or lustfully

(tr) to stare or gape at

noun

a flirtatious or lewd look

Derived Formsogler, noun

Word Origin for ogle

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

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Word Origin and History for ogled

ogle

1680s, probably from Low German oeglen, frequentative of oegen "look at," from oege "eye," from Proto-Germanic *augon-, from PIE *okw- "to see" (see eye (n.)). Related to Dutch ogen "to look at," from oog "eye." Related: Ogled; ogling. The noun meaning "an amorous glance" is attested from 1711; earlier it meant "an eye" (1700).