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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbɒg/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/bɑg, bɔg/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(bog, bôg)

Inflections of 'bog' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

bogs: v 3rd person singular

bogging: v pres p

bogged: v past

bogged: v past p

bog¹ /bɑg, bɔg/USA pronunciation n., v., bogged, bog•ging.
n. [countable]

an area of wet, spongy ground.

bog down, to sink in or as if in a bog: [no object][The truck bogged down in the snow.][~ + object + down]The slow computer bogged us down.

bog•gy, adj., -gi•er, -gi•est.

bog² /bɑg, bɔg/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

British TermsUsually, bogs. [plural] Brit. Slang. a lavatory;
bathroom.

bog¹ (bog, bôg),USA pronunciation n., v., bogged, bog•ging.
n.

wet, spongy ground with soil composed mainly of decayed vegetable matter.
an area or stretch of such ground.

v.t., v.i.

to sink in or as if in a bog (often fol. by down):We were bogged down by overwork.
British Terms bog in, [Australian Slang.]to eat heartily and ravenously.

Irish or Scots Gaelic bogach soft ground (bog soft + -ach noun, nominal suffix); (def. 4) perh. a different word
1495–1505

bog′gish, adj.

bog² (bog, bôg),USA pronunciation n. Usually, bogs. [Brit. Slang.]

British Termsa lavatory;
bathroom.

1780–90; probably shortening of bog-house; compare bog to defecate, boggard (16th century) privy, of obscure origin, originally

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

bog /bɒɡ/ n

wet spongy ground consisting of decomposing vegetation, which ultimately forms peat
an area of such ground
a slang word for lavatory

Etymology: 13th Century: from Gaelic bogach swamp, from bog softˈboggy adj ˈbogginess n

'bog' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Allen - blanket bog - bog down - bog moss - bog myrtle - bog off - bog-standard - bough - Boyne - carr - cotton grass - crannog - hag - Ireland - moss - mosstrooper - muskeg - myrtle - peat - quagmire - quaking - slough - slump - spavin - sphagnum - sundew - sweet gale - whortleberry - arrowhead - bee - bogan - bog asphodel - bogbean - boggle - boggy - boghead coal - bog hole - bog-iron ore - bogle - bog oak - Bogomil - bog rosemary - bog spavin - bogtrotter - bog turtle - bogue - bogwood - bogy - buck bean - cranberry bog

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Synonyms: marsh, lowland, peat bog, swamp, fen, more...

Collocations: catch [frogs, butterflies] (down) at the bog, a peat bog, a [wet, damp, dark, moist] bog, more...

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