English Explanatory Dictionary

sog

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Soft, marsh-like or bog-like land; a swamp.
verb
  1. To soak, steep or saturate.
  2. To be soaked, steeped or saturated.
name
  1. Abbreviation of Summer Olympic Games.
noun
  1. Initialism of standard operating guideline.
  2. Initialism of speed over ground.
  3. Acronym of special operations group.
  4. Abbreviation of singlet-oxygen generator.

Pronunciation

/sɒɡ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-sog.wav /sɑɡ/

Word forms

sog sogs sogging sogged

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Possibly of North Germanic origin (compare Icelandic söggur (“moist”), dialectal Norwegian søgg (“moist”), dialectal Swedish sögg, sygg (“something moist”)), from Old Norse söggr (“dank, wet”), from Proto-Germanic *sawwijaz, a derivative of Proto-Germanic *sawwą (“moisture, sap, juice”), related to Old English ġesēaw (“full of moisture, soaked”), Old English sēaw (“moisture, juice, humour”). The verb is possibly related to soak.

Derived words

soggy Soggies
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