shoogle
Britishverb
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"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Other Word Forms
- shoogly adjective
Etymology
Origin of shoogle
from dialectal shog, shug; apparently related to German schaukeln to shake
Example Sentences
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Spurs, unchanged for a couple of transfer windows, could finally shoogle things up this evening by giving their new signings Tanguy Ndombele and Giovani Lo Celso a debut at their fancy new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
From The Guardian
Tottenham Hotspur gave their side a good old shoogle on Wednesday against League Two Newport County in the cup, so perhaps it’s more instructive to compare today’s starting XI to the one sent out at Anfield last week.
From The Guardian
Not quite in the way we might have imagined when Arsenal ran out easy 3-0 winners in September 2016, of course; Chelsea’s humiliation inspired Antonio Conte to give his defence a good old shoogle, and the rest is history.
From The Guardian
Manchester City give their starting XI a good shoogle after the disappointing draw at Middlesbrough last weekend.
From The Guardian
Burnley meanwhile give their starting line-up a good old shoogle in the wake of their home defeat to Manchester United.
From The Guardian
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