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ogle

[oh-guh l]
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verb (used with object), o·gled, o·gling.
  1. to look at amorously, flirtatiously, or impertinently.
  2. to eye; look or stare at.
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verb (used without object), o·gled, o·gling.
  1. to look amorously, flirtatiously, or impertinently.
  2. to look or stare.
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noun
  1. an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.
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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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  • 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.

  • 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
  1. to look at (someone) amorously or lustfully
  2. (tr) to stare or gape at
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noun
  1. a flirtatious or lewd look
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Derived Formsogler, noun

Word Origin

C17: probably from Low German oegeln, from oegen to look at
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Word Origin and History for ogled

ogle

v.

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).

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