boggle

verb

bog·gle | \ˈbä-gəl

boggled; boggling\ ˈbä-g(ə-)liŋ

Definition of boggle

intransitive verb

1 : to start with fright or amazement : be overwhelmed the mind boggles at the research needed

2 : to hesitate because of doubt, fear, or scruples

transitive verb

1 : mishandle, bungle

2 : to overwhelm with wonder or bewilderment boggle the mind

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Examples of boggle in a Sentence

she boggled her first effort to make Christmas cookies

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Americans were bombarded with such mind-boggling inventions as the electric lightbulb, radio and telephone. — Mary Carole Mccauley, baltimoresun.com, "Behind the magic of Harry Houdini at the Jewish Museum of Maryland," 29 June 2018 Inflation is mind-boggling, whittling the nation’s minimum wage to the equivalent of $3 a month. — New York Times, "Critics Say He Can’t Beat a Dictator. This Venezuelan Thinks He Can.," 17 May 2018 For a location to remain no lower than 109 degrees around the clock is mind-boggling. — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, "A city in Oman just posted the world’s hottest low temperature ever recorded: 109 degrees," 27 June 2018 The logistics of brushing your teeth while keeping the mirror clean are mind-boggling. — Jessica Bloom, The Cut, "I Think About This a Lot: Kim Kardashian Brushing Her Teeth," 21 May 2018 User numbers for services that are free of charge in emerging markets are inevitably mind-boggling—eight of the ten countries with the largest number of Facebook users are emerging markets, led by India with 270m. — The Economist, "Chinese and US tech giants go at it in emerging markets," 5 July 2018 Mexico is hurting right now, feeling the sting of a mind-boggling seventh consecutive elimination at the round of 16 stage and outplayed (and out-simulated) by Neymar and his pals. — Martin Rogers, USA TODAY, "Why USMNT fans should celebrate Mexico's World Cup loss," 3 July 2018 With characters using technology that can shrink a van to the size of a Hot Wheels toy car, or transform a Pez dispenser into a 10-foot-tall javelin, the car chase has no shortage of mind-boggling visual stunts. — Eli Wolfe, SFChronicle.com, "‘Ant-Man’ Paul Rudd talks tiny insects and Skywalker Ranch," 2 July 2018 This is physics at its most mind-boggling and extreme. — Author: Sarah Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News, "In a cosmic first, scientists detect ‘ghost particles’ from a distant galaxy," 12 July 2018

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