broggle

English

Alternative forms

• braggle

Etymology

A derivative of dialectal English brog (“sniggle, fish with a brog”), equivalent to brog +‎ -le. Compare brog (noun).

Verb

broggle (third-person singular simple present broggles, present participle broggling, simple past and past participle broggled)

1. (UK, dialect) To sniggle, or fish with a brog.
   • 1674, The Gentleman's Recreation:

     And as this way of fishing is called Sniggling, so it is called Broggling for Eels

2. (dialectal) To poke around, especially poke around in a hole with a stick.

References

• “broggle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• blogger, boggler