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 * 1) (noun) An expanse of marshland.
 * 2) (noun, Irish, UK, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) A toilet.
 * 3) (verb, intransitive, informal) To become (figuratively or literally) mired or stuck.
 * 4) (verb, transitive, UK, informal) To make a mess of something.
 * 5) (verb, euphemism, slang, UK, with "off") To go away.
 * 6) (Croatian, Lower Sorbian, Slovene, noun) god
 * 7) (Croatian, noun, colloquial) idol, god
 * 8) (Danish, noun) book
 * 9) (Danish, noun) beech mast
 * 10) (French, noun, ecology) An ombrotrophic peatland.
 * 11) (German, verb) past tense of biegen.
 * 12) (Hungarian, noun) knot
 * 13) (Irish, Scottish Gaelic, adjective) soft
 * 14) (Irish, adjective) loose
 * 15) (Irish, adjective) lukewarm
 * 16) (Irish, verb) to move
 * 17) (Norwegian, noun) shoulder (of an animal)
 * 18) (Old English, noun) the arm or shoulder
 * 19) (Old English, noun) a branch or bough of a tree
 * 20) (Scottish Gaelic, adjective) wet, damp, moist

Pronunciation

 * (  GenAM   )  : enPR: bäg, IPA: /bɑg/ , SAMPA: /bAg/
 * (  RP   )  enPR: bŏg, IPA: /bɒɡ/ , SAMPA: /bQg/
 * Rhymes: -ɒɡ
 * Rhymes: -ɒɡ
 * Rhymes: -ɒɡ

Etymology 1
Irish and Scottish Gaelic bogach ( “ ‘ soft, boggy ground ’ ” ) from bog ( “ ‘ soft ’ ” )

Noun

 * 1) An expanse of marshland.
 * 2)  (   Irish ,  &#32;UK  ,  &#32;New Zealand  ,  &#32;vulgar  ,  &#32;slang   )  A toilet.

Synonyms

 * (  expanse of marshland   )   :  marsh, moor, swamp
 * (  coarse slang: a toilet   )   :  shithouse (taboo slang), dunny (Australia)

Derived terms

 * bog bilberry
 * bog iron
 * bog orchid
 * bog roll
 * bog standard
 * bog brush

Translations
expanse of marshland

coarse slang: a toilet

Verb

 * 1)  (   intransitive ,  &#32;informal   )  To become (figuratively or literally) mired or stuck.
 * 2)  (   transitive ,  &#32;UK  ,  &#32;informal   )  To make a mess of something.

Derived terms

 * bog down
 * bog up

Translations
to become mired or stuck

to make a mess of something

Etymology 2
by shortening and euphemistic alteration from bugger

Verb

 * 1)  (   euphemism ,  &#32;slang  ,  &#32;UK  ,  &#32;with "off"   )  To go away.

Derived terms

 * bog off

Anagrams

 * gob
 * gob
 * gob

Pronunciation

 * IPA: /bɔːg/, [b̥ɔːˀw]

Etymology 1
From Old Norse bók ( “ ‘ beech, book ’ ” ), from Proto-Indo-European  *bʰeh₂go- ( “ ‘ beech ’ ” ).

Noun
bog ''c.  (singular definite bogen, plural indefinite'' bøger )


 * 1) book

Derived terms

 * ordbog c . 

Inflection
Inflection of bog

Etymology 2
Maybe from Middle Low German bōk.

Noun
bog ''c.  (singular definite bogen, plural indefinite'' bog )


 * 1) beech mast

Inflection
Inflection of bog

Related terms

 * bogfinke c . 
 * boghvede c . 

Noun
bog ''m.  (plural'' bogs )


 * 1)  (   ecology   )  An ombrotrophic peatland.

Antonyms

 * fen

Pronunciation

 * IPA: [boːk]

Verb
bog


 * 1) past tense of biegen.

Etymology
From the same Finno-Ugric root *pengke as Estonian pung

Pronunciation

 * IPA: /ˈbog/

Noun
bog (plural bogok )


 * 1) knot

Pronunciation

 * IPA: [bˠɔɡ]

Adjective
bog


 * 1) soft
 * 2) loose
 * 3) lukewarm

Declension
Declension of bog

Usage notes

 * (  archaic   )  Dative feminine singular: boig

Verb
bog


 * 1) to move

First Conjugation (A) † Dialect form

Etymology
From Proto-Slavic  *bogъ.

Noun
bog</b> ''m. ''


 * 1) god

Noun
<b lang="no" xml:lang="no">bog</b> ''m. ''


 * 1) shoulder (of an animal)

Inflection
Inflection of bog

Etymology
From Proto-Germanic <i class="Unicode"> *boguz</i>. Cognate with Old Saxon bōg (Dutch boeg ( “ ‘ shoulders, chest of a horse ’ ” ) ), Old High German buog (German horse’s hock, ship’s prow ), Old Norse bógr (Icelandic bógur, Swedish bog ( “ ‘ shoulder ’ ” ) ).

Pronunciation

 * IPA: /bo:g/

Noun
<b lang="ang" xml:lang="ang">bōg</b> ''n.  (plural'' bōg)


 * 1) the arm or shoulder
 * 2) a branch or bough of a tree

Descendants
Scots: beuch

Pronunciation

 * IPA: [b̊og̊]

Adjective
<b lang="gd" xml:lang="gd">bog</b> (comparative and superlative forms <b lang="gd" xml:lang="gd"> buige</b>)


 * 1) soft
 * 2) wet, damp, moist

Declension
Forms without the definite article:

Derived terms

 * bathar-bog

Etymology
From Proto-Slavic <i class="Unicode"> *bogъ</i>.

Pronunciation

 * IPA: /bôːg/

Noun
<b class="Latn ">bȏg</b> ''m.  (Cyrillic spelling'' бо̑г )


 * 1) god
 * 2)  (   colloquial   )  idol, god

Declension
declension of bog

Derived terms

 * bogòvskī
 * božànstvo
 * bȍžjī

Related terms

 * Bȏg
 * bògat

Etymology
From Proto-Slavic <i class="Unicode"> *bogъ</i>.

Pronunciation

 * IPA: /boːk/

Noun
bóg&#32; ''m.  &#32;(dual bogova,&#32;plural'' bogovi)&#32; animate


 * 1) god

Declension
declension of bog

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