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Uncommonbog
The correct spelling is bog.
How to pronounce bog
/bɒɡ/
nounIPA: /bɒɡ/
Say it like: Bog
The correct spelling is bog. An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking; a marsh or swamp. For example: "These flies are a bother. I’ll get some bug spray and kill them."
Usage Examples
“These flies are a bother. I’ll get some bug spray and kill them.”
“The software bug led the computer to calculate 2 plus 2 as 3.”
“He’s got the flu bug.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking; a marsh or swamp.
- 2.Confusion, difficulty, or any other thing or place that impedes progress in the manner of such areas.
- 3.The acidic soil of such areas, principally composed of peat; marshland, swampland.
- 4.A place to defecate: originally specifically a latrine or outhouse but now used for any toilet.
- 5.An act or instance of defecation.
verb
- 1.(now often with "down") To sink or submerge someone or something into bogland.
- 2.To prevent or slow someone or something from making progress.
- 3.(now often with "down") To sink and stick in bogland.
- 4.To be prevented or impeded from making progress, to become stuck.
- 5.(originally vulgar Britain) To defecate, to void one's bowels.
adjective
- 1.Bold; boastful; proud.
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