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verb, -gled, -gling, noun.
v.i. 1. to hold back; raise difficulties or objections; hesitate.
△Ex. Father boggled at the suggestion at first, but finally agreed to do the job.
(SYN) waver, shrink, demur.
2. to be overwhelmed with wonder, shock, or the like.
△Ex. His mind boggled at the thought of inheriting a million dollars.
3. =blunder.
4. to jump with fright; shy.
v.t. 1. to bungle; botch.
△Ex. He boggled his first attempt at carpentry.
2. to overwhelm with wonder, shock, or the like.
△Ex. The vastness of the universe boggles the imagination.
noun 1. a blunder; bungle; botch.
2. the act of boggling.
noun boggler.
adv. bogglingly.