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plural bogles
A goblin; a frightful spectre or phantom; a bogy or bugbear. examples
(dialectal, dated) A scarecrow. examples
(dance) A Jamaican dance move that involves raising and lowering the arms while moving the body in a waving motion. quotations examples
At the turn of the Nineties, the footballer Ian Wright would often celebrate his goals by running to the corner flag, and doing a ‘bogling’ move—the ‘bogle’ was a ragamuffin reggae dance then popular in the black community.
2001 November 25, Diran Adebayo, “Young, gifted, black…and very confused”, in The Observer
In Jamaica, there's a constant stream of new moves, corresponding to big club tunes. Dancers race to put videos online in the hope of starting the next bogle, dutty wine or hot wuk sensation.
2013 July 6, Kate Hutchinson, “It's summer, let's dance!”, in The Guardian