"woggle" meaning in English

See woggle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈwɒɡəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-woggle.wav Forms: woggles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒɡəl Etymology: 1923, coined in Australia by Bill Shankley, from earlier American boondoggle. Popularized from 1929 by use in Scouting for Boys, 14th edition, by Baden-Powell. Head templates: {{en-noun}} woggle (plural woggles)
  1. A Boy Scout's neckerchief clasp or slide, originally a loop or ring of leather. Translations (Boy Scout's neckerchief clasp or slide): huiviholkki (Finnish), osmonsolmu (Finnish), bague de foulard [feminine] (French), Halstuchring [masculine] (German), Halstuchknoten [masculine] (German), portafazzolettone [masculine] (Italian), sölja [common-gender] (Swedish)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈwɒɡəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-woggle.wav Forms: woggles [present, singular, third-person], woggling [participle, present], woggled [participle, past], woggled [past]
Rhymes: -ɒɡəl Head templates: {{en-verb}} woggle (third-person singular simple present woggles, present participle woggling, simple past and past participle woggled)
  1. (archaic, dialect) Alternative spelling of waggle Tags: alt-of, alternative, archaic, dialectal Alternative form of: waggle Categories (topical): Scouting Related terms: hornswoggle, boondoggle
    Sense id: en-woggle-en-verb-7A295-Bz Disambiguation of Scouting: 31 69 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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