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Meaning
Noun
●
In Irish English & Scottish English:
An area of
decayed
vegetation
(particularly
sphagnum
moss
) which
forms
a
wet
spongy
ground
too
soft
for
walking
; a
marsh
or swamp.
●
Confusion,
difficulty
, or any other
thing
or place that
impedes
progress
in the
manner
of such areas.
●
The
acidic
soil
of such areas,
principally
composed
of
peat
;
marshland
, swampland.
●
In Australian English, British English, Irish English & New Zealand English:
A place to
defecate
:
originally
specifically
a
latrine
or
outhouse
but now used for any toilet.
●
In Australian English & New Zealand English:
An
act
or
instance
of defecation.
●
In American English:
A little
elevated
spot
or
clump
of
earth
,
roots
, and
grass
, in a
marsh
or swamp.
●
Alternative form of
bug
: a
bugbear
,
monster
, or terror.
●
Puffery, boastfulness.
●
In Military:
Initialism of
boots
on the ground.
Verb
●
To
sink
or
submerge
someone
or something
into bogland.
●
To
prevent
or
slow
someone
or something
from making progress.
●
To
sink
and
stick
in bogland.
●
To be
prevented
or
impeded
from making
progress
, to become stuck.
●
In Australian English & British English:
To
defecate
, to
void
one's
bowels.
●
In Australian English & British English:
To
cover
or
spray
with excrement.
●
In British English:
To make a
mess
of something.
●
To
provoke
, to bug.
●
In British English & :
To go away.
Adj
●
Bold;
boastful
; proud.
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Synonyms
Bogland
Fen
Marsh
Marshland
Mire
Morass
Slough
Swamp
Swampland
Quagmire
Wetlands
Moss
Pakihi
Muskeg
Bug
Bogue
Toilet
Bathroom
Peatlands
Outhouse
Goblin
Peat Bog
More
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Muck
Pond
Piss
Plop
Meadow
Lake
Moor
Forest
Cave
Creek
Whittle
Puddle
Tear
Lagoon
Sand
Mud
River
Loch
Dust
Toddle
Sewer
Dunny
Bank
Quarry
Rbi
Canyon
Rip
Scuttle
Swamps
Woodland
Fens
Land
Sink
Board
Dirt
Feck
Ecb
Hillside
Chop
Cbn
Fatf
Grate
Marshes
Pare
Drag
Waterway
Imf
Pit
Desert
Drain
Rainforest
Slow
Rivers
Central Bank
Bank Of England
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Rhymes
Vog
Cog
Hog
Jog
Tog
Nog
Sog
Dog
Fog
Log
Mog
Bog
Wog
Agog
Flog
Slog
Blog
Prog
Clog
Hogg
Frog
Snog
Grog
Smog
Pogge
Scrog
Befog
Bullfrog
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