bogle

noun /ˈbɒɡ.əl/

1. A goblin, imp, bogeyman, bugbear or similar a frightful being or phantom.

   But ae big room-'deed frien', I needna lie t'yne An' that has long been haunted by a bogle

   For ilka place I ha'e is already fu',

2. A scarecrow.

   dated

3. A Jamaican dance move that involves raising and lowering the arms while moving the body in a waving motion.

   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.

Where it comes from

Uncertain; possibly cognate with English bug, or derived from Welsh bwgwly (“to terrify”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry bogle (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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