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adjective
- 1. filthy or disgusting: informal Scottish, Northern Irish "the last of her coffee tasted bogging"
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Bogging definition: filthy; covered in dirt and grime. See examples of BOGGING used in a sentence.
The meaning of BOG is wet spongy ground; especially : a poorly drained usually acid area rich in accumulated plant material, frequently surrounding a body of open water, and having a characteristic flora (as of sedges, heaths, and sphagnum).
1. a. An area having a wet, spongy, acidic substrate composed chiefly of sphagnum moss and peat in which characteristic shrubs and herbs and sometimes trees usually grow. b. Any of certain other wetland areas, such as a fen, having a peat substrate. Also called peat bog. 2. An area of soft, naturally waterlogged ground. 3.
BOG definition: 1. soft, wet ground, or an area of this 2. a toilet: 3. soft, wet ground, or an area of this. Learn more.
Jun 2, 2024 · bogging (comparative more bogging, superlative most bogging) (Scotland, vulgar, slang) Stinking; disgusting.
Scottish informal filthy; covered in dirt and grime.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
Definition of bog noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A bog is a swampy kind of ground made up mostly of decomposing plants and mosses. Nothing can be built on a bog because the ground is so spongy and damp, and no crops can be grown there. The dried soil from a bog can, however, be dried and burned for fuel.
an area or stretch of such ground. v.t., v.i. to sink in or as if in a bog (often fol. by down): We were bogged down by overwork. British Terms bog in, [ Australian Slang.]to eat heartily and ravenously. Irish or Scots Gaelic bogach soft ground ( bog soft + -ach noun, nominal suffix); (def. 4) perh. a different word. 1495–1505. bog′gish, adj.
Meaning & use. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the noun bogging mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun bogging. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status. OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions.
