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Bogging

(now often with "down") To sink or submerge someone or something into bogland.

📖 Definitions of "Bogging"

verb
  1. 1

    (now often with "down") To sink or submerge someone or something into bogland.

  2. 2

    To prevent or slow someone or something from making progress.

  3. 3

    (now often with "down") To sink and stick in bogland.

  4. 4

    To be prevented or impeded from making progress, to become stuck.

verb
  1. 1

    To provoke, to bug.

verb
  1. 1

    (usually with "off") To go away.

adjective
  1. 1

    Stinking; disgusting.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bogging"

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WordDefinition
bowfing(Scotland, slang) Stinking; disgusting.
mingingnoun(medicine, rare, obsolete) A premonitory symptom.
smegging(UK, slang) Fucking, sodding.
gopping(slang) Ugly; disgusting.
cockbiting(slang, vulgar, derogatory) Despicable.
stinknounA strong bad smell.
bluggynoun(British slang, euphemistic) bloody (as intensifier).
disgrossting(slang, Canada, US, uncommon) gross and disgusting
shaggingverb(UK, vulgar, slang) An act (or acts) of sexual intercourse.
shoggly(obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) shaky
bitchedverb(vulgar) Causing difficulty; nasty; unpleasant; problematic; (intensifier) damned, bloody
freakingnounA sexual style of dance similar to daggering.
pooeynounLike poo; crappy, of low quality.
honkingnounA sound that honks.
soddingnoun(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, mildly vulgar) An intensifier.
black-mouthedUsing foul or vulgar language
blimming(UK, slang) Blooming (as an intensifier).
ballynoun(MLE) A balaclava.
poopynoun(slang, childish) Faeces.
scowdering(archaic) Burning.

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