Definition of: boggle

(bog′əl) v. bog·gled, bog·gling v.i.
1. To hesitate, as from doubt or scruples; shrink back.
2. To start with fright, as a horse.
3. To equivocate; dissemble.
4. To work in a clumsy manner; fumble.
—v.t.
5. To make a botch of; bungle.
—noun
1. The act of shying, as of a horse.
2. A scruple; objection; difficulty.
3. Colloq. A bungle. [<BOGLE]
—bog′·gler noun