broggle
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editA derivative of dialectal English brog (“sniggle, fish with a brog”), equivalent to brog + -le. Compare brog (noun).
Verb
editbroggle (third-person singular simple present broggles, present participle broggling, simple past and past participle broggled)
- (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
- (dialectal) To poke around, especially poke around in a hole with a stick.
References
edit- “broggle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.