ogle
See also: Ogle, oglē, ógle, øgle, and öğle
English
Alternative forms
- oggle
- augle (Northern England)
Etymology
Probably from
- Dutch, from Middle Dutch *ooghelen, oeghelen (“to ogle”), frequentative form of oogen (“to look at”), from oge (“eye”),
- or from Low German oegeln, frequentative of oegen (“to look at”), from Oog (“eye”).
Compare German äugeln (“to ogle”). More at 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/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊɡəl, -ɒɡəl
Verb
ogle (third-person singular simple present ogles, present participle ogling, simple past and past participle ogled)
- (transitive, intransitive) To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously.
- 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis; John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] 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 80026745:
- And ogling all their audience, ere they speak.
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Translations
to stare flirtatiously
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Noun
ogle (plural ogles)
- An impertinent, flirtatious, amorous or covetous stare.
- (Polari, usually in the plural) An eye.
- 1997, Gardiner, James, 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, Lowe, Adam, “Poem of the week: Vada That”, in The Guardian:
- Slick, she bamboozles the ogles / of old Lilly Law.
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Translations
an impertinent, flirtatious, amorous or covetous stare
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References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Anagrams
- Goel, LEGO, Lego, Loge, goel, lego, loge
Latvian
Alternative forms
- (dialectal forms) oglis
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *anˀglís, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óngʷl̥ (“coal”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ùoɡlɛ]
Noun
ogle f (5th declension)
- 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
- (syn. akmeņogle) coal (mineral deposits, used as industrial fuel)
- ogļu atradnes ― coal deposits
- ogļu ieguve ― coal mining
- ogļu rūpniecība ― coal industry
Declension
Declension of ogle (5th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | ogle | ogles |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | ogli | ogles |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | ogles | ogļu |
dative (datīvs) | oglei | oglēm |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | ogli | oglēm |
locative (lokatīvs) | oglē | oglēs |
vocative (vokatīvs) | ogle | ogles |
Derived terms
- akmeņogle
- ogleklis
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “ogle”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Slovene
Noun
ógle
- accusative plural of ogel