Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

becroggle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-crog-gle
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cause shock or confusion sufficient to cause brief paralysis.

Dated; Slang

Example Sentences

"When I finally figured out that she was asking if I was sad at not winning a Nebula, I was becroggled. I finally found my voice and told her that in twenty-five years of reading and writing science fiction, I had heard a hell of a lot of gauche questions, butthat really took the cake."
"I'm becroggled by the scorn heaped upon the perfectly useful word "salesperson"... but that's neither here nor there."
"I'm becroggled. I've never made a pie crust with anything other than butter."

Etymology

From be- + croggle.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be

Usage

Dated
Slang

Inflected Forms

becroggles (present, singular) becroggling (participle, present) becroggled (participle, past) becroggled (past)

Rhymes With

toggle ogle goggle bogle boggle noggle joggle woggle snoggle croggle oggle roggle

Questions

What does becroggle mean?: To cause shock or confusion sufficient to cause brief paralysis.
Where does becroggle come from?: From be- + croggle.

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