Verb: boggle bó-gul
- Hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or fear
"His mind boggled at the complexity of the mathematical proof"
- Startle with amazement or fear
"The complexity of the problem boggled his mind"
- 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