ogle
Plural: ogles
Verb
Verb Forms: ogled, ogling, ogles
- To stare at someone in a lecherous or suggestive way.
- look at with amorous intentions
- To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously.
Noun
- An impertinent, flirtatious, amorous or covetous stare.
- An eye.
Examples
- He tried not to OGLE his opponent’s rack, but couldn’t help wondering what letters they had.
Origin / Etymology
17th century. Probably from Low German ögeln (“to ogle, to flirt with one's eyes”), from Middle Low German ö̂gelen, frequentative of Middle Low German ö̂gen, from Old Saxon ōgian, from Proto-West Germanic *augijan (“to show”). Alternatively from an equivalent Dutch *ogelen, but this seems unattested (only the simplex ogen). In both cases equivalent to English eye + -le.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 5
ogle: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordogle: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ogle: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 7
ogle: valid Words With Friends Word