Bog Definition

bôg, bŏg
bogged, bogging, bogs
noun
bogs
Wet, spongy ground, characterized by decaying mosses that form peat; a small marsh or swamp.
Webster's New World
Any of certain other wetland areas, such as a fen, having a peat substrate.
American Heritage
An area of soft, naturally waterlogged ground.
American Heritage
A restroom or toilet.
American Heritage
Wiktionary
Antonyms:
  • dry ground
verb
bogged
To sink or become stuck in or as in a bog; mire.
Webster's New World
To hinder or slow.
The project got bogged down in haggling about procedures.
American Heritage
To be hindered and slowed.
American Heritage
(UK, informal) To make a mess of something.
Wiktionary
(euphemistic, slang, UK, with "off") To go away.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Bog

Noun

Singular:
bog
Plural:
bogs

Origin of Bog

  • Irish and Scottish Gaelic bogach (“soft, boggy ground”), from bog (“soft”)

    From Wiktionary

  • Irish Gaelic bogach from bog soft bheug- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • by shortening and euphemistic alteration from bugger

    From Wiktionary

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