boggy
pronunciation
How to pronounce boggy in British English:
UK [ˈbɒgi]
How to pronounce boggy in American English:
US [ˈbɔgi]
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- Adjective:
- (of soil) soft and watery
Word Origin
- boggy (adj.)
- 1580s, from bog (n.) + -y (2). Related: Bogginess.
Example
- 1. First look inside the effects of boggy creek .
- 2. What causes fever , boggy lungs and blurry vision ?
- 3. In poor and boggy belarus , for example , ms tol says it costs a mere 10 ( $ 13 ) to avoid a tonne of carbon-dioxide emission in this way .
- 4. But how can it be launched quickly on a stormy night at low tide when the sea has retreated down a steep bank of shingle and out across several kilometres of boggy sand ?
- 5. The area may be preceded by tissue that is painful , firm , mushy , boggy , warmer or cooler as compared to adjacent tissue .