"croggle" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈkɹɒɡ.əl/ Forms: croggles [present, singular, third-person], croggling [participle, present], croggled [participle, past], croggled [past]
Rhymes: -ɒɡəl Etymology: Blend of crush + goggle, or blend of crush + boggle. Coined by Dean Grennell. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|crush|goggle}} Blend of crush + goggle, {{blend|en|crush|boggle|nocap=1}} blend of crush + boggle Head templates: {{en-verb}} croggle (third-person singular simple present croggles, present participle croggling, simple past and past participle croggled)
  1. (transitive, dated, fandom slang) To shock so much as to cause brief paralysis; to stun; to startle. Tags: dated, slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-croggle-en-verb-Rl9yQH29 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English blends: 63 37 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Topics: lifestyle
  2. (intransitive, dated, fandom slang) To be shocked or stunned in this fashion. Tags: dated, intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-croggle-en-verb-Xat2-Ik9 Topics: lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: becroggle, crogglement

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive, dated, fandom slang) To shock so much as to cause brief paralysis; to stun; to startle."
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        "(intransitive, dated, fandom slang) To be shocked or stunned in this fashion."
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