boggle

Etymology 1
Variation or derivation of, possibly cognate with.

Verb

 * 1)  (literally or figuratively) to stop or hesitate as if suddenly seeing a bogle.
 * 2)  To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.
 * 3) * 1795,, letter to dated 4 October, 1795, in Mary Wollstonecraft: Letters to Imlay, London: Kegan Paul, 1879, p. 182,
 * From the tenour of your last letter however, I am led to imagine, that you have formed some new attachment.—If it be so, let me earnestly request you to see me once more, and immediately. This is the only proof I require of the friendship you profess for me. I will then decide, since you boggle about a mere form.
 * 1)  To confuse or mystify; overwhelm.
 * 2)  To embarrass with difficulties; to palter or equivocate; to bungle or botch
 * 3)  To dissemble; to play fast and loose (with someone or something).
 * 4)  To wiggle the eyes as a result of bruxing.
 * 1) * 1795,, letter to dated 4 October, 1795, in Mary Wollstonecraft: Letters to Imlay, London: Kegan Paul, 1879, p. 182,
 * From the tenour of your last letter however, I am led to imagine, that you have formed some new attachment.—If it be so, let me earnestly request you to see me once more, and immediately. This is the only proof I require of the friendship you profess for me. I will then decide, since you boggle about a mere form.
 * 1)  To confuse or mystify; overwhelm.
 * 2)  To embarrass with difficulties; to palter or equivocate; to bungle or botch
 * 3)  To dissemble; to play fast and loose (with someone or something).
 * 4)  To wiggle the eyes as a result of bruxing.
 * 1)  To confuse or mystify; overwhelm.
 * 2)  To embarrass with difficulties; to palter or equivocate; to bungle or botch
 * 3)  To dissemble; to play fast and loose (with someone or something).
 * 4)  To wiggle the eyes as a result of bruxing.
 * 1)  To dissemble; to play fast and loose (with someone or something).
 * 2)  To wiggle the eyes as a result of bruxing.
 * 1)  To wiggle the eyes as a result of bruxing.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: стряскам се, плаша се
 * Catalan:, estar confós
 * Czech: zmaten
 * Dutch: verbijsterd zijn, in de war zijn
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: être époustouflé, être confus
 * German:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: clisg


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Czech: zmást
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: breislich

Noun

 * 1)  A scruple or objection.
 * 2)  A bungle; a botched situation.