ogle

English

Alternative forms

• oggle
• augle (Northern England)

Etymology

17th century. Probably from Low German ögeln (“to ogle, to flirt with one's eyes”), from Middle Low German ö̂gelen, frequentative of Middle Low German ö̂gen, from Old Saxon ōgian, from Proto-West Germanic *augijan (“to show”). Alternatively from an equivalent Dutch *ogelen, but this seems unattested (only the simplex ogen). In both cases equivalent to English eye + -le.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ōʹgəl, (less common) enPR: ŏgʹəl
• (Received Pronunciation): IPA^(key): /ˈəʊɡl̩/, (less common) /ˈɒɡl̩/
• (General American): IPA^(key): /ˈoʊɡl̩/, (less common) /ˈɑɡl̩/

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• Rhymes: -əʊɡəl, -ɒɡəl

Verb

ogle (third-person singular simple present ogles, present participle ogling, simple past and past participle ogled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously.
   • 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “ The First Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. , London: Printed for Jacob Tonson , →OCLC:

     And ogling all their audience, ere they speak.

Derived terms

• ogle-in

Translations

Noun

ogle (plural ogles)

1. An impertinent, flirtatious, amorous or covetous stare.
2. (Polari, usually in the plural) An eye.
   • 1997, James Gardiner, Who's a Pretty Boy Then?, page 137:

     Will you take a varder at the cartz on the feely-omi in the naf strides: the one with the bona blue ogles polarying the omi-palone with a vogue on and a cod sheitel.

   • 2015 October 12, Adam Lowe, “Poem of the week: Vada That”, in The Guardian‎:

     Slick, she bamboozles the ogles / of old Lilly Law.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Anagrams

• Goel, LEGO, Lego, Loge, goel, lego, loge

Latvian

 ogle on Latvian Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• (dialectal forms) oglis

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *anˀglís, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óngʷl̥ (“coal”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

ogle f (5th declension)

1. charcoal (partially burnt organic materials, usually wood)

   aktīvā ogle, aktivētā ogle ― activated carbon

   melns kā ogle ― black as charcoal

   ogles zīmējumi ― charcoal drawings

   kvēlojošas ogles ― burning coals

2. (syn. akmeņogle) coal (mineral deposits, used as industrial fuel)

   ogļu atradnes ― coal deposits

   ogļu ieguve ― coal mining

   ogļu rūpniecība ― coal industry

Declension

Derived terms

• akmeņogle
• ogleklis

References

Slovene

Noun

ógle

1. accusative plural of ogel