ogle
pronunciation
How to pronounce ogle in British English:
UK [ˈəʊgl]
How to pronounce ogle in American English:
US [ˈoʊgl]
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- Verb:
- look at with amorous intentions
Word Origin
- ogle (v.)
- 1680s, probably from Low German oeglen, frequentative of oegen "look at," from oege "eye," from Proto-Germanic *augon-, from PIE *okw- "to see" (see eye (n.)). Related to Dutch ogen "to look at," from oog "eye." Related: Ogled; ogling. The noun meaning "an amorous glance" is attested from 1711; earlier it meant "an eye" (1700).
Example
- 1. With the mirrors , people could check their hair or slyly ogle other passengers .
- 2. So that no other married woman dares to ogle other men .
- 3. Though frenchmen are clearly interested - they shamelessly ogle women on the street - beauty is a female topic .
- 4. I like to look at the guys in the mirrors as I walk away and watch them ogle me .
- 5. Once a marine always a marine honey " gramps kissed my head " we have steak to eat and strippers to ogle .