| bog | |
| 1. n. (Originally Irish & Scottish) An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking; a marsh or swamp. | |
| 2. n. (figuratively) Confusion, difficulty, or any other thing or place that impedes progress in the manner of such areas. | |
| 3. n. The acidic soil of such areas, principally composed of peat; marshland, swampland. | |
| 4. n. (Ireland) A place to defecate: originally specifically a latrine or outhouse but now used for any toilet. | |
| 5. n. (AU & NZ colloquial) An act or instance of defecation. | |
| 6. n. (US, dialect) A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp. | |
| 7. v. (transitive, now often with "down") To sink or submerge someone or something into bogland. | |
| 8. v. (figuratively) to prevent or slow someone or something from making progress. | |
| 9. v. (intransitive, now often with "down") To sink and stick in bogland. | |
| 10. v. (figuratively) To be prevented or impeded from making progress, to become stuck. | |
| 11. v. (intransitive originally coarse UK now chiefly AU) To defecate, to void one's bowels. | |
| 12. v. (transitive originally coarse UK now chiefly AU) To cover or spray with excrement. | |
| 13. v. (transitive, British, informal) To make a mess of something. | |
| 14. n. (obsolete) Alternative form of bug: a bugbear, monster, or terror. | |
| 15. adj. (obsolete) Bold; boastful; proud. | |
| 16. n. (obsolete) Puffery, boastfulness. | |
| 17. v. (transitive, obsolete) To provoke, to bug. | |
| 18. v. (euphemistic, slang) To go away. | |
