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Verb: boggle  bó-gul
  1. Hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or fear
    "His mind boggled at the complexity of the mathematical proof"
     
  2. Startle with amazement or fear
    "The complexity of the problem boggled his mind"
     
  3. Overcome with amazement
    "This boggles the mind!";
    - flabbergast, bowl over, blow away [informal]

Derived forms: boggled, boggles, boggling

Type of: balk, baulk [Brit], hesitate, jump, start, startle, surprise, waffle [N. Amer, informal], waver

Encyclopedia: Boggle