boggle

noun

1. Alternative form of bogle.

verb

Etymology: Variation or derivation of bogle, possibly cognate with bug.

1. (literally or figuratively) to stop or hesitate as if suddenly seeing a bogle.

   “The dogs went on, but the horse boggled at the sudden appearance of the strange beast.”

   “The horror of the deed and its consequences boggle the imagination.”

2. To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.

   “He boggled at the surprising news.”

   “The mind boggles.”

3. To confuse or mystify; overwhelm.

   “The vastness of space really boggles the mind.”

   “The oddities of quantum mechanics can boggle the minds of students and experienced physicists alike.”

4. To embarrass with difficulties; to palter or equivocate; to bungle or botch
5. To dissemble; to play fast and loose (with someone or something).

   “I would be loth to exchange consciences with them, and boggle so with God Almighty; but these men by a new kind of Metaphysick have found out a way to abstract the Person of the King from his Office to make his Soveraigntie a kinde of Platonick Idea hovering in the aire, while they visibly attempt to assail and destroy his person […]”

6. To wiggle the eyes as a result of bruxing.