Noun: bog bóg- Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel
- peat bog - [Brit, informal] A room or building equipped with one or more toilets
- toilet, lavatory, lav [informal], can [N. Amer, informal], john [informal], bathroom, water closet [Brit, archaic], closet [archaic], W.C. [Brit], loo [Brit, informal], jacks [Ireland, informal] Verb: bog (bogged,bogging) bóg- Cause to slow down or get stuck
"The vote would bog down the house"; - bog down - Get stuck while doing something
"She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation"; - bog down
Derived forms: bogs, bogging, bogged Type of: break, break off, discontinue, room, slow, slow down, slow up, stop, wetland Encyclopedia: Bog, Westmoreland, Jamaica |