"boggle" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈbɒɡ.əl/ [UK], /ˈbɑ.ɡəl/ [US] Audio: en-au-boggle.ogg [Australia] Forms: boggle [canonical], boggles [third-person, singular], boggled [past], boggled [past, participle], boggling [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|boggl|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you boggle, you either literally or figuratively to stop or hesitate.
    Sense id: simple-boggle-en-verb-W6zC7~fs
  2. To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.
    Sense id: simple-boggle-en-verb-mPyDm2Li Categories (other): Verbs
  3. If you boggle someone, you confuse them. Synonyms: overwhelm
    Sense id: simple-boggle-en-verb-oYRwZqli
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