bogs

noun

Meaning

An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking; a marsh or swamp.
Confusion, difficulty, or any other thing or place that impedes progress in the manner of such areas.
The acidic soil of such areas, principally composed of peat; marshland, swampland.
A place to defecate: originally specifically a latrine or outhouse but now used for any toilet.
An act or instance of defecation.
A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.
(now often with "down") To sink or submerge someone or something into bogland.
To prevent or slow someone or something from making progress.
(now often with "down") To sink and stick in bogland.
To be prevented or impeded from making progress, to become stuck.
(originally vulgar Britain) To defecate, to void one's bowels.
(originally vulgar Britain) To cover or spray with excrement.
Puffery, boastfulness.
To provoke, to bug.
(usually with "off") To go away.
An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
Any of various species of marine or freshwater crustaceans; e.g. a Morton Bay bug, mudbug.
Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.
Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath.
(chiefly computing and engineering jargon) A problem that needs fixing.
A contagious illness; a bacterium or virus causing it
A microfossil, particularly a foraminiferan.

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