"boggling" meaning in English

See boggling in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more boggling [comparative], most boggling [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} boggling (comparative more boggling, superlative most boggling)
  1. Stupefying; mind-boggling.
    Sense id: en-boggling-en-adj-5LDzIHD2

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} boggling
  1. present participle and gerund of boggle Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: boggle
    Sense id: en-boggling-en-verb-IZPXPBsX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 79
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