English Explanatory Dictionary

bogue

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A species of seabream fish native to the eastern Atlantic (Boops boops).
noun
  1. A bayou or waterway.
verb
  1. To fall off from the wind; to edge away to leeward.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. An important strait in the Pearl River Delta between Guangzhou and the South China Sea.
  3. A town in Kansas.
  4. A town in North Carolina.

Pronunciation

/boʊɡ/ /boːɡ/

Word forms

bogue bogues boguing bogued

Etymology

Related to Spanish boga (“a ray-finned fish; Leporinus obtusidens”), from Late Latin bōca, bōx; Box vulgaris is an older name for Boops boops. Compare the obsolete term boce for this fish.

Synonyms

Bocca Tigris
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