See also: Bogue and bogué

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the bogue (Boops boops)

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Etymology 1

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Related to Spanish boga (a ray-finned fish) Leporinus obtusidens, from Late Latin bōca, bōx; Box vulgaris is an older name for Boops boops. Compare also the obsolete term boce for this or another kind of fish.[1]

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bogue (plural bogues)

  1. A species of seabream fish native to the eastern Atlantic (Boops boops).
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Etymology 2

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From Cajun French, from Choctaw bok (creek, stream). Doublet of bayou.

Noun

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bogue (plural bogues)

  1. (especially Southern US, Midland US) A bayou or waterway.
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Etymology 3

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Related to Spanish bogar (to row), Old French voguer (to sway, move along).

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bogue (third-person singular simple present bogues, present participle boguing, simple past and past participle bogued)

  1. (nautical) To fall off from the wind; to edge away to leeward.

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  1. ^ mentioned in dictionaries since at least the 1600s, e.g. Francis Gouldman (1664) A copious dictionary in three parts:Boces Small fishes so called. Leucomanides.

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French

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Etymology 1

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Originally from a western dialect, possibly from Breton bolc'h (chestnut burr, flaxseed husk).

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bogue f (plural bogues)

  1. chestnut burr

Etymology 2

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From Latin bōca.

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bogue f (plural bogues)

  1. a species of ray-finned fish, Leporinus obtusidens

Etymology 3

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From Italian boga.

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bogue f (plural bogues)

  1. boxfish

Etymology 4

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Borrowed from English bug.

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bogue m (plural bogues)

  1. (computing) bug
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Spanish

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Verb

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bogue

  1. inflection of bogar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative