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bog

/bɒɡ/

noun

Meaning

  • An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking; a marsh or swamp.

  • Confusion, difficulty, or any other thing or place that impedes progress in the manner of such areas.

  • The acidic soil of such areas, principally composed of peat; marshland, swampland.

  • A place to defecate: originally specifically a latrine or outhouse but now used for any toilet.

  • An act or instance of defecation.

  • A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.

Synonyms

mire,
quagmire,
bogland,
bogmire,
fen,
marsh,
marshland,
mire,
morass,
moss,
muskeg,
pakihi,
peat bog,
quagmire,
slough,
swamp,
swampland,
wetlands

verb

Meaning

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

  • To prevent or slow someone or something from making progress.

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

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

  • (originally vulgar Britain) To defecate, to void one's bowels.

  • (originally vulgar Britain) To cover or spray with excrement.

  • To make a mess of something.