Bog

Pronunciation

• GenAM: enPR: bäg, IPA: /bÉ‘É¡/
• RP enPR: bŏg, IPA: /bÉ’É¡/
• Rhymes: -É’É¡

Irish and Scottish Gaelic bogach ("soft, boggy ground"), from Old Irish bog ("soft"), from Proto-Celtic *buggos ("soft, tender") + Old Irish -ach, from Proto-Celtic *-ākos.

Full definition of bog

Noun

1. An expanse of marshland.
2. (Ireland, British, New Zealand, coarse, slang) A toilet.
3. (US, dialect) A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.

Synonyms

• (expanse of marshland) marsh, moor, swamp
• (coarse slang: a toilet) shithouse (taboo slang), dunny (Australia)

Derived terms

• bog bilberry
• bog iron
• bog orchid
• bog roll
• bog standard
• bog brush

Verb

1. (intransitive, informal) To become (figuratively or literally) mired or stuck.
2. (transitive, British, informal) To make a mess of something.

Derived terms

• bog down
• bog up

by shortening and euphemistic alteration from bugger

Verb

1. (euphemistic, slang, British, with "off") To go away.

Derived terms

• bog off

Anagrams

• gob